这路程比原来多了一倍
“the journey will be twice as long.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如此一来
“If we do that,”
这路程比 原来 多了一倍
“the journey will be twice as long.”
拂晓之前
“We must set off”
“Doubling the route is going to make it almost impossible for us to make it on time.”
Stating objective measurements like distance or time is a common Chinese indirect communication strategy to register concern or push back against unrealistic plans without directly refusing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
twice as much as originally; doubled
Standard pattern '比...多+X' used to quantify comparisons of distance, time, cost, or quantity.
Signifies a change of state resulting in an increase compared to the original baseline.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“has doubled from before.”
“will be much more than before.”
“[Hall of the Great Hero] are far more numerous than we thought.”
“you will go much further than I ever did.”
“only gets harder.”
“and save yourself the time of going back and forth.”