[] () a number expressing the current market price of a particular share divided by the earnings per share of the company市盈率；赢利乘数；市盈倍数◆Technology shares are still trading at high multiples.科技股的市盈率仍然很高。➡price-earnings ratio () ( ˌmultiple ˈstore) () a shop/store that is one of a series of shops/stores owned by the same company连锁店◆It's hard for us to compete against the big multiples.我们很难与大型连锁店竞争。SYNchain store