Correct or improve the translation of the following English sentences.原文: The annual total of telephone calls between UK and Canada has increased seven times. 译文:英国和加拿大之间的年通话总量增长了七倍。改译:
Correct or improve the translation of the following English sentences.原文: The annual total of telephone calls between UK and Canada has increased seven times. 译文:英国和加拿大之间的年通话总量增长了七倍。改译:
【正确答案】:

英国和加拿大之间的年通话总量增长了六倍。


【题目解析】:倍数表达法的正确理解。increase seven times等于increase by seven times, 是增长了六倍的意思。英语在表述或比较倍数时,无论使用什么句型(除了不含倍数词的again句型外)都包括基础倍数在内,因此都不是净增或净减n倍,而是净增或净减n-1倍。所以题干中虽然写的是increase seven times,但是实际上是增加了六倍。
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