multiply
multiply 英 [ˈmʌltɪplaɪ] 美 [ˈmʌltəˌplaɪ]
v. 乘；成倍增加；繁殖
进行时:multiplying 过去式:multiplied 过去分词:multiplied 第三人称单数:multiplies 名词复数:multiplies
- When you multiply two numbers, you increase the first by the same number that's specified by the second. In other words, when you multiply two by three, you add together three twos.
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- v. 乘；成倍增加；繁殖
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1. 2 multiplied by 4 is 8
*2 乘以 4 等于 8。
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2. The children are already learning to multiply and divide.
孩子们已经开始学习乘法和除法了。
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3. Our problems have multiplied since last year.
自去年以来，我们的问题成倍增加。
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4. Cigarette smoking multiplies the risk of cancer.
抽烟会大大增加得癌症的风险。
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5. Rabbits multiply rapidly.
兔子繁殖迅速。
- multiply (v.) mid-12c., multeplier, "to cause to become many," from Old French multiplier, mouteplier (12c.) "increase, get bigger; flourish; breed; extend, enrich," from Latin multiplicare "to increase," from multiplex (genitive multiplicis) "having many folds, many times as great in number," from combining form of multus "much, many" (see multi-) + -plex "-fold," from PIE root *plek- "to plait." Mathematical sense is attested from late 14c. Related: Multiplied; multiplying.
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