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threefold 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Adjective
/ˈTHrēˌfōld/,
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Three times as great or as numerous,
  1. Three times as great or as numerous
    • - a threefold increase in the number of stolen cars
  2. Having three parts or elements
    • - the differences are threefold
Adverb
  1. By three times; to three times the number or amount
    • - the aftershocks intensify threefold each time
  1. by a factor of three; "our rent increased threefold in the past five years"
  2. treble: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"
  3. double: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison