accelerate
英 [əkˈsel.ə.reɪt]
美 [əkˈsel.ɚ.eɪt]
- vt. 使……加快;使……增速
- vi. 加速;促进;增加
物理中用 a 表示加速度,其中的 a 就是单词 acceleration 的首字母缩写,而 accelerate 是该词的动词形式。
accelerate 加速前缀ac-同ad-.词根celer,加速,见celerity,迅速。
- accelerate
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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.
- 1. We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.
- 我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。
- 2. Perhaps the fact that the car was tailgating him made him accelerate.
- 或许是因为那辆汽车跟得太紧,他才加速的。
- 3. Inflation continues to accelerate.
- 通货膨胀不断加速。
- 4. Our country should accelerate the economic growth.
- 我国应加快经济增长.
- 5. He decided to accelerate his advertising.
- 他决定增加广告的数量.