twice

詞義

副詞 ad.

1. 兩次，兩回

He comes to work twice a week.

他每周來上兩次班。

2. 兩倍

The dining-room is twice as big as the kitchen.

餐廳是廚房的兩倍大。

3. 強得多，好得多

根據《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典 》：

● ● ADV If something happens twice, it happens two times, or there are two actions or events of the same kind. 兩次

● ● ADV You use twice in expressions such as twice a day and twice a week to indicate that something happens two times in each day or week. 兩次 [ADV 'a' n]

● ● ADV If one thing is, for example, twice as big or old as another, the first thing is double the size or age of the second. People sometimes say that one thing is twice as good or hard as another when they want to emphasize that the first thing is much better or harder than the second. 兩倍 [ADV 'as' adj/adv]

● ● PREDET Twice is also a predeterminer. 兩倍 [PREDET 'the' n]

● ● PHRASE If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently. 三思

twice a week 每周兩次

think twice 再三考慮；重新考慮

think twice about something 三思而後再決定做某事

think twice about 仔細考慮，重加考慮

at twice adv. 在第二次時；分兩次

in twice 分兩次

twice over 兩倍

I go swimming twice a week.

我每星期游泳兩次。

Balton went broke twice in his career.

伯頓在他的職業生涯中破產過兩次。

We go there maybe once or twice a month.

我們每月大概去那裡一到兩次。