[VERB 动词](通常用电子设备)放大,扩大(声音) If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
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This landscape seemed to trap and amplify sounds...
这种地貌好像可以笼住并放大声音。
The music was amplified with microphones...
音乐声通过麦克风被放大。
'This is the police,' came the amplified voice from the helicopter.
“我们是警察,”直升机上传来扩音器中的声音。
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...a voice that needed no amplification.
不需要使用扩音设备的大嗓门
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[VERB 动词]增强;加强 To amplify something means to increase its strength or intensity.
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The mist had been replaced by a kind of haze that seemed to amplify the heat...
薄雾散了,取而代之的是一种似乎更添酷热的烟霭。
Her anxiety about the world was amplifying her personal fears about her future.
她对世界的忧虑加剧了她对自己未来的恐惧。
amplification
...that amplification of the elements in his character that made him able to dominate her.
他性格中的某些因素不断强化使他得以主宰她
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amp·lify/ˈæmplɪfaɪ; NAmEˈæmplɪfaɪ/verb(amp·li·fies,amp·li·fy·ing,amp·li·fied,amp·li·fied)1[transitive ]amplifysth to increase sth in strength, especially sound 放大,增强(声音等)◆to amplify a guitar/an electric current/a signal放大吉他声音╱电流╱信号2[intransitive , transitive ]( formal) to add details to a story, statement, etc. 进一步叙述,阐发(故事、事情、陈述等)◆She refused to amplify further.她拒绝提供详情。amplifysth ◆You may need to amplify this point.你可能需要对这一点进一步予以说明。▶amp·li·fi·ca·tion/ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn; NAmEˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]◆electronic amplification电子放大◆That comment needs some amplification.这个评论需要一些阐明。amplifyamplifiesamplifiedamplifyingamp·lify/ˈæmplɪfaɪ; NAmEˈæmplɪfaɪ/amp·li·fi·ca·tion/ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn; NAmEˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
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amplifyam‧pli‧fy /ˈæmplɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle amplified, present participle amplifying, third person singular amplifies) [transitive]
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1to make sound louder, especially musical sound: an amplified guitar2formal to increase the effects or strength of something: These stories only amplified her fears.3formal to explain something that you have said by giving more information about it: Would you care to amplify that remark?—amplification /ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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