一道貌似一直都没人解答的twice, double题

肥橙

The number of vehicles on the road classified as "light trucks" in the United States increased by more than twicefrom 1980 to 1992.

    A. increased by more than twice

    B. increased more than two times

C. more than doubled D. was more than doubledE.

had more than doubled

答案是C，但是B为什么错啊？有木有人可以shed some light on.....

spings

首先，从表达简洁的角度来看，这个原因你肯定同意的。如果细究语法，IMO times用在这里有歧义，twofold 更好点，two times可以表示“2次”。供参考。

肥橙

spings 发表于 2017-2-2 13:49
首先，从表达简洁的角度来看，这个原因你肯定同意的。如果细究语法，IMO times用在这里有歧义，twofold 更 ...

原来说的歧义是这个意思啊...天哪噜...谢谢！

spings

肥橙 发表于 2017-2-3 19:47
原来说的歧义是这个意思啊...天哪噜...谢谢！

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