Their study found that theobromine,found in cocoa,was nearly a third more effective in stopping coughs than codeine,which was considered the best cough medicine at present.
這是2008年一道閱讀理解里的句子,對其中a third more......than不太理解。
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■句意為:他們在研究中發現,可可中的咖啡堿的止咳療效,比目前認為最好的止咳藥可待因要高出近三分之一。 ■a third more...than 的意思是:比……多三分之一。 類似地: a fourth more...than 的意思是:比……多四分之一。 a fifth more...than 的意思是:比……多五分之一。 twice more...than...的意思是:比……多兩倍。 three times more...than...的意思是:比……多三倍。 ten more...than...的意思是:比……多10倍。 The new method was ten times more efficient than the traditional one. 新方法比傳統方法的效率提高了十倍。——《張道真英語語法》第269節