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例句：The winds battered the trees.
       大风袭击着树木。

      He battered up his car in the race.
      他在车赛中把自己的汽车撞坏了。

2.scuffle n.扭打, 混战

例句：The two men quarrelled and there was a scuffle.
       那两个人争吵扭打起来。

3.punch  vt.用拳猛击
 
例句：He punched the man on the head.
      他一拳狠狠打在那个男人的头上。

4.afford  vt.买得起, 担负得起
 
例句：She cannot afford a new dress.
      她没钱买新衣裳。

      We can ill afford the time.
      我们抽不出时间。

5.The number of Americans who have died from swine flu may be four times higher than we thought.

倍数的比较

1) 主语+谓语+ X times + as + adj. + as
这个句型译为：① A…是B的X倍（或净增加X－1倍）.
例如：This pen (A) is twice as expensive as that pen (B).
这只钢笔(A)的价格是那只钢笔(B)的2倍。（即A比B贵一倍）
I have three times as many as you.　我有你三倍那么多。（我的比你的多两倍）
 This box is four times as heavy as that box. 这个盒子比那个盒子重4倍。
2）主语+谓语+ X times+ the size (amount, width, breadth, level, value, velocity, length…) of…
  这个句型表示净增加“1倍，是…的2倍”例如：
 The earth is 49 times the size of the moon.　地球是月球大小的49倍。
 3）主语+谓语+ X times + 形容词（副词）比较级+ than…
  这个句型表示的数为净增加数。例如：
 The grain output is one time higher this year than that of last year.
　今年比去年粮食产量增加一倍。
 4）还可以用by+倍数，表示增加多少倍
　The production of grain has been increased by four times this year.
　今年粮食产量增加了4倍。