1540s, "enlargement," from Latin amplificationem (nominative amplificatio) "a widening, extending," noun of action from past participle stem of amplificare (see amplify). Electronics sense is from 1915.
权威例句
1. The voice of despair may be weak and need amplification.
绝望的呼声可能很微弱,需要扩大。
2. In electronics, pertaining to an equipment incapable of amplification or power generation.
在电子技术中, 用来修饰或说明不能进行放大或产生能量的设备.
3. Some of them require further amplification.
其中有些内容需进一步详细阐明.
4. Operating on the borderline of superconductivity and ordinary conductivity, they produce immense amplification.
它们在超导性和普通导电性的临界线上操作, 产生巨大的放大效果.
5. We may conclude that transistors will be used wherever efficient amplification required within a small space.