Since taking over the helm at Generale des Eaux/ Vivendi in1996, Messier has increased the firm's market capitalisation eightfold. 自1996年米歇尔掌管水利总公司之后,他将遍地撒网的公司业务集中归为两大类:一类是公用事业,包括水、和公共交通;另一类是资讯业务,包括付费电视、信和因特网。
Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent-and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance-have jumped eightfold in just one generation. 【译文】甚至人口分布的数据也与中产阶级家庭作对,因为家中有一位体弱高龄的父亲或母亲的可能性在仅仅一代人的时间里增加了8倍,照顾家中的老人就需要体力和财力的付出。
eightfold
[ adj ] having eight units or components <adj.all>
Eightfold \Eight"fold`\, a. Eight times a quantity.
The New York Times Co. said Wednesday its earnings soared eightfold in the third quarter because of a onetime gain on the sale of its cable television system.
The company sells its ratings and directories for $15 and up, and the almost 25,000 orders that came in in the first half represented an eightfold increase from a year earlier.
Travelers Corp. recorded an eightfold increase in profits for 1989 despite a 40 percent decline in the fourth quarter, the company said.
The Nikkei index, now in the 34,000 range, has risen eightfold in the past decade, compared to a rise of less than 40% of that amount in the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the same period.
It says that they may face further competition for deposits from new competitors such as telephone banks. According to the analysis of deposits since 1975, only a quarter of the eightfold increase in banks' personal deposits is due to new money.
"Lower-income earners saw their tax rates rise sixfold to eightfold, and higher income earners saw their rates double or triple," the report said. "Similarly, tariff rates were raised sharply.
Government aid to farmers has increased eightfold during that time.
Together with the doubling of power allowed by the 2200-600s, that provides roughly an eightfold increase in speed.
Strokes that caused severe disability or death were reduced eightfold.
Use of rear-seat belts has increased eightfold over the last six years, with five states requiring it, officials said.