Word · Frequency #26128
fivefold
五倍的；五重的
having five units or components
- 1.
Five times as much or as many.
五倍的
- 2.
In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
五个一组的；五重的；五倍的。
五倍的；五个一组的；五重的；五倍的。；五重的
In use
The company reported a fivefold increase in sales this quarter.
The book's fivefold structure makes it easy to follow.
The benefits of the new system are fivefold.
fivefold + noun
修饰名词，表示“是原来的五倍”，常与 increase、growth、rise 等搭配。
The company experienced fivefold growth in five years.
该公司在五年内经历了五倍的增长。
verb + fivefold
用于描述数量或规模的变化，多与 increase、grow、rise 等动词连用，常置于动词之后。
The city's population increased fivefold over the past decade.
过去十年里，该城市的人口增加了五倍。
Common mistakes
The company fivefolded its profits last year.
Connections
Collocations
- a fivefold increase
- 五倍的增长
- The company reported a fivefold increase in profits.公司报告利润增长了五倍。
- increase fivefold
- 增加五倍
- The population increased fivefold over the century.一个世纪里人口增加了五倍。
- fivefold rise
- 五倍的上升
- There has been a fivefold rise in housing costs.住房成本上涨了五倍。
- grow fivefold
- 增长五倍
- Online sales grew fivefold in two years.两年内在线销售额增长了五倍。
- fivefold reduction
- 五倍的减少
- The new process led to a fivefold reduction in waste.新工艺使废物减少了五倍。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
five（五）+ fold（折叠）= 叠成五层，即“五倍的；五重的”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic papers、technical manuals、formal structural descriptions 作形容词表示‘五重的、有五部分/成分的’时，通常用于较正式的书面语境，如学术或技术性描述；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 five parts。另 fivefold 也可作副词，本条主要针对形容词用法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都含有拼写相同的结尾 '-fold'，且该音节读作 /fəʊld/，所以尾音一致。但注意，它们与 'fivefold' 并不形成严格押韵，因为 'fivefold' 的重音在 /faɪ/，而 'tenfold'、'twofold'、'threefold' 的重音分别在 /ten/、/tuː/、/θriː/。不要只凭拼写 '-fold' 就认为它们都与 'fivefold' 押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.