quintupling

基本解释

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.
今年距离伽利略发现木星的四颗大卫星整整400年，突然间人类发现了数倍于其数量的卫星。
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.
不过，在未来40年人们的收入也会增长——全球人口平均收入会是现在的3倍，而发展中国家收入会达到现在的5倍——这会给全球食物供应增加压力。
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.
在摩根大通将收购价提高四倍而最终敲定这桩交易的第二天，高管们便立即重新着手解决两家公司合并的具体细节。

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