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1. ADV 两次 If something happens twice, there are two actions or events of the same kind. 

  • He visited me twice that fall and called me on the telephone often...

    那年秋天他来看过我两次，而且经常给我打电话。

  • The government has twice declined to back the scheme…

    政府已两次拒绝支持该方案。

  • Thoroughly brush teeth and gums twice daily...

    每天两次彻底刷净牙齿和牙龈。

2. ADV (表示频率)每天两次/一周两次 You use twice in expressions such as twice a day and twice a week to indicate that two events or actions of the same kind happen in each day or week. 

  • I phoned twice a day, leaving messages with his wife...

    我每天打两次电话，托他妻子捎口信。

  • This famous horse race has taken place here twice a year since 1310.

    这一著名的赛马比赛自 1310 年以来每年在这里举行两次。

3. ADV 两倍;强(或好、难)得多 If one thing is, for example, twice as big or old as another, the first thing is two times as big or old as the second. People sometimes say that one thing is twice as good or hard as another when they want to emphasize that the first thing is much better or harder than the second. 

  • The figure of seventy-million pounds was twice as big as expected.

    7,000 万英镑的金额是预期的两倍。

  • …a report claiming that teachers could be twice as effective if they returned to traditional classroom methods.

    声称教师若重新采用传统课堂讲授方法，授课效果会事半功倍的报告

  • Twice is also a predeterminer.

    • Unemployment in Northern Ireland is twice the national average...

      北爱尔兰的失业率是全国平均水平的两倍。

    • Double cream contains approximately twice the quantity of fat-soluble vitamins as single cream.

      高脂厚奶油中脂溶性维生素的含量大约是稀奶油的两倍。

4. PHRASE 重新考虑;慎重考虑;思忖再三 If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently. 

  • She'd better shut her mouth and from now on think twice before saying stupid things.

    她最好闭上嘴巴，而且今后在说出蠢话之前先过过脑子。

5.   once or twice→see: once;  twice over→see: over; 
Adverb

1. two times;

  • "I called her twice"

2. to double the degree;

  • "she was doubly rewarded"
  • "his eyes were double bright"
1. A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.
上当只有一回。

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2. Bob phoned twice today.
鲍勃今天打了两次电话。

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3. Everything must be carefully examined before we act, then twice as much can be accomplished with half the effort.
事情要考虑周详以后再动手，才能够事半功倍。

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4. He beats the gong twice.
他筛了两下锣。

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5. He fell twice for theft.
他因盗窃被捕过两次。

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6. He has twice the strength he had.
他比从前加倍强壮了。

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7. He hurried on with his shaving, cutting his chin twice.
他急急忙忙地剃胡子，把下巴割破了两次。

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8. He told me to think twice before speaking.
他叫我三思而后再发言。

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9. He was found to have lied twice in cross-examination.
他被发现在盘问中两度撒谎。

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10. He was pinned against the fence by a boy twice his size; he could hardly breathe.
他被一个身材两倍于他的男孩按在篱笆上，喘不过气来。

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11. I felt very hard done by when I got less money than anybody else, after I had worked twice as hard.
我卖的力气比别人多一倍，但我得到的钱比谁都少，实在不公平。

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12. I have been to Dalian twice.
大连我去过两回。

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13. I must think twice before I can promise.
在我答应之前，我必须重新考虑一下。

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14. I used to take a bath twice a day last year, morning and night.
去年我一天洗两次澡，早晚各一次。

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15. I vaccum the carpet twice every week.
我每周用吸尘器打扫地毯两次。

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16. I was absent once or twice.
我曾缺席一两次。

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17. I was twice called off from my work today to answer the phone.
今天我两次丢下工作去接电话。

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18. I woke up twice in the night.
我夜里醒过两次。

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19. I've only been there once or twice.
我只是偶尔到过那里。

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20. I've read the book twice from cover to cover.
这本书我从头到尾看过两遍。

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