quintupling

基本解釋

This year it will be four centuries since Galileo discovered Jupiter's four large satellites, at a stroke quintupling the number of moons then known to humanity.
今年距離伽利略發(fā)現(xiàn)木星的四顆大衛(wèi)星整整400年，突然間人類發(fā)現(xiàn)了數(shù)倍于其數(shù)量的衛(wèi)星。
But incomes are also expected to rise over the next 40 years -- tripling globally and quintupling in developing nations -- and add more strain to global food supplies.
不過，在未來40年人們的收入也會增長——全球人口平均收入會是現(xiàn)在的3倍，而發(fā)展中國家收入會達到現(xiàn)在的5倍——這會給全球食物供應增加壓力。
And on the day after J. P. Morgan moved to seal the deal by quintupling its bid, senior bank executives resumed diving into the nitty-gritty of combining the two firms.
在摩根大通將收購價提高四倍而最終敲定這樁交易的第二天，高管們便立即重新著手解決兩家公司合并的具體細節(jié)。

Since 1999, its has pursued an aggressive policy of acquisition, more than quintupling its premium income.
ECONOMIST: Italian politics
That doesn't sound like much, but it's enough to offset the cost of a quintupling of wirelessnetwork usage, according to Thomas Lee, wireless analyst at Salomon Smith Barney.
FORBES: Cut the cord
We gave special honors to Philweb of the Philippines (top profitability, based on operating income as a share of sales), to Royal Ceramics Lanka of Sri Lanka (return on investment, a near quintupling) and to E-House (China), the real-estate brokerage, for overall best composite score.
FORBES: Hong Kong's Tears for the USA