Were the government to use a multiplier of five instead of three, the proportion of Americans below the poverty line would rise to more than 24 percent.
如果政府用5而不是3做乘数，那美国的贫困人口比例将会上升到24%以上。
n. [数]乘数；[电子]倍增器；增加者；繁殖者
facient、
multiplying factor
adj. multiply、 multiplicative
adv. multiply
vi. multiply
vt. multiply