“A is n times large again as B”与“A is n times larger than B”的表述是否等价？它们是否都传达了A是B的n倍大的意思呢？
实际上，这两者的含义并不完全相同。“A is n times large as B”明确表示A是B的n倍大。那么，“A is n times large again as B”是什么意思呢？这里的“again”强调了A比B大的程度多出n倍。
接下来让我们通过一些示例来进一步理解：
例句一：现在的价格比两年前贵了将近一半。
（译文：The cost has increased by approximately half compared to two years ago.）
例句二：卫生保健方面的开销比19增长了整整一半。
再比如：“A similar wine from France would cost you half as much again.”这句话意味着法国的一种类似葡萄酒的价格比这个还要高出一半。
让我们参考其他词典的解释：
“This shirt cost me twice as much as the last one I bought.”表示这件衬衫的价格是我上次买的那件的两倍。
“My new house is larger by half than my old one.”则表达了我的新房比老房大了一半的情景。
让我们进行比较：
“We have a third as many students in our class as we had last term.”意味着我们班级的学生数量是上学期的三分之一。
而“We have a third as many students again in our class as we had last term.”这句话则说明，我们班级的学生数量比上学期多了三分之一。