accelerate
英 [ək'seləreɪt]
美 [ək'sɛləret]
- vt. 使……加快；使……增速
- vi. 加速；促進；增加
助記提示
物理中用 a 表示加速度，其中的 a 就是單詞 acceleration 的首字母縮寫，而 accelerate 是該詞的動詞形式。
中文詞源
accelerate 加速前綴ac-同ad-.詞根celer,加速，見celerity,迅速。
英文詞源
- accelerate
- accelerate: [16] Accelerate comes from Latin accelerāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ad- (ac- before /k/ sounds) and celerāre ‘hurry’. Celerāre, in turn, derived from the adjective celer ‘fast’ (which gave English celerity [15] and is ultimately related to hold).
- accelerate (v.)
- 1520s, from Latin acceleratus, past participle of accelerare "to hasten, quicken," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + celerare "hasten," from celer "swift" (see celerity). Related: Accelerated; accelerating.
雙語例句
- 1. We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.
- 我們應當為落後的祖國加快變革的腳步。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Perhaps the fact that the car was tailgating him made him accelerate.
- 或許是因為那輛汽車跟得太緊，他才加速的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Inflation continues to accelerate.
- 通貨膨脹不斷加速。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Our country should accelerate the economic growth.
- 我國應加快經濟增長.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He decided to accelerate his advertising.
- 他決定增加廣告的數量.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》