【雅思写作】雅思小作文图表题常用短语（2）

是某事物的三倍/四倍

The number of hospitals in this region is three times as many as that in Laneo.

这个地区医院的数量是Laneo的三倍。

be in stark contrast with... 与…形成鲜明的对比

This is in stark contrast with 1990 when 60% of those who held an undergraduate diploma were men.

这和1990年时 60% 的本科学历持有者是男人的事实形成了鲜明的对比。

近义：is in marked contrast with... 与…形成明显的对比

This new trend is in marked contrast with the trend it experienced in the 1980s.

这种新的潮流和在80年代曾流行的潮流形成了明显的对比。

联想：over the following... days / months / years 在之后的某段时间里

The number of patients fell sharply over the following three months.

在之后的三个月里，病人的数量急剧下降。

double （可以作形容词、名词或者动词） 两倍/翻倍

The company profits doubled in 1998.

这家公司在1998年寿一番。

近义：be twice as many as... 两倍于…

The number of consumer complaints in 2005 was twice as many as that in 2001.

2005年中顾客投诉的数量是2001年数量的两倍。

联想：be three times as many as... / be four times as many as...