英文倍数表达法与insist的用法大汇总
insist的用法
insist【用法一】 v. 坚决要求；坚持要；一定要
例1：we insisted on his apology.
我们要他赔礼道歉。
例2： she insisted on seeing us home.
她坚持要送我们回家。
例3： i insisted on their arriving there ahead of time.
我坚持要他们提前赶到那。
注：1）insist on 后面不能接由“名词或代词 + 动词不定式”构成的复合宾语。不能说：the teacher insisted on all the compositions to be handed in on monday.
2）insist +宾语从句（从句中的谓语动词常用虚拟语气，即should + 动词原形或
省去should）。例如： the young men insisted that they （should） be sent to the front.
那些年轻人坚持要求被派往前线去。
【用法二】v. 坚持认为，坚持说，强调
1） insist on +名词。
例如： he insisted on his innocence.
他坚持说自己无罪。
2）insist on + 宾语从句在表示一个客观事实时（谓语动词不用虚拟语气，而应用陈述语气）。
例如： the boy insisted that he hadn’t broken the glass.
那小男孩坚持说他没有打烂玻璃杯。
英文倍数表达法
用英语表达"A 是 B 的 N 倍长（宽，高，大，重等）"，"A 比 B 长（宽，高，大，重等）N 倍" 或"A 的长度（宽度，高度，大小，重量等）是 B 的 N 倍"，可用下列几种句型。
1."A + be + 倍数 + as + 计量形容词原级 + as + B".
This tree is three times as tall as that one. 这棵树是那棵树的三倍高。
His father is twice as old as he. 他父亲的年纪有他两倍大。
2."A + be + 倍数 + 计量形容词比较级 + than + B "
The Yangtze River is almost twice longer than the Pearl River.
长江差不多比珠江长两倍。
The dictionary is exactly five times more expensive than that one.
这本字典比那本恰好贵5倍。
3."A + be + 倍数 + the + 计量名词 + of + B "
The newly broadened square id four times the size of the previous one.
新扩建的广场是未扩建时的四倍大。
4."The + 计量名词 + of + A + be + 倍数 + that + of + B "
The size of the newly broadened square is four times that of the previous one.
新扩建的广场为以前的四倍大。
5.其它
I'm twice/ double his age. 我的年龄是他的两倍。
I've paid five times the usual price for the stamp.
我出了5倍于往常的价格买这枚邮票。
