accelerate
英[ək'seləreɪt]
美[ək'sɛləret]
- vt. 使……加快；使……增速
- vi. 加速；促进；增加
词态变化
第三人称单数: accelerates;过去式: accelerated;过去分词: accelerated;现在分词: accelerating;
助记提示
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。
中文词源
accelerate 加速
前缀ac-同ad-.词根celer,加速，见celerity,迅速。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Inflation continues to accelerate.
- 通货膨胀不断加速。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Our country should accelerate the economic growth.
- 我国应加快经济增长.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He decided to accelerate his advertising.
- 他决定增加广告的数量.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》