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accumulation n.积聚,堆积物；积累 Accumulation comes from a Latin word meaning "to heap up." The word continues to have this feeling of something growing upwards on top of itself, as if in a heap. If you keep putting money in the bank, the amount you have is the accumulation of your savings. If it is an interest bearing account, the interest will accumulate, making the total even larger. ★☆☆☆☆ 2013.5

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[əkju:mju'leiʃ(ə)n] An accumulation is a gathering or increase of something over time. You might cross your fingers in hopes of a large accumulation of snow, so that you get a day off of school. And whether the community’s work contributes much to an overall accumulation of knowledge is doubtful. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]堆积物；聚积物 An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time.   [oft N of n]...an accumulation of experience and knowledge.经验和知识的积累...accumulations of dirt.积尘2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]堆积；积累；积聚 Accumulation is the collecting together of things over a period of time.   [oft N of n]...the accumulation of capital and the distribution of income...资本的积累和收入的分配The rate of accumulation decreases with time.积累的速度随着时间变慢。

英语单词	accumulation
英美音标	[əkju:mju'leiʃ(ə)n]
中文释义	n.积聚,堆积物；积累
vocab简明	An accumulation is a gathering or increase of something over time. You might cross your fingers in hopes of a large accumulation of snow, so that you get a day off of school.
vocab扩展	Accumulation comes from a Latin word meaning "to heap up." The word continues to have this feeling of something growing upwards on top of itself, as if in a heap. If you keep putting money in the bank, the amount you have is the accumulation of your savings. If it is an interest bearing account, the interest will accumulate, making the total even larger.
真题原句	And whether the community’s work contributes much to an overall accumulation of knowledge is doubtful.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]堆积物；聚积物 An accumulation of something is a large number of things which have been collected together or acquired over a period of time. [oft N of n] ...an accumulation of experience and knowledge. 经验和知识的积累 ...accumulations of dirt. 积尘 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]堆积；积累；积聚 Accumulation is the collecting together of things over a period of time. [oft N of n] ...the accumulation of capital and the distribution of income... 资本的积累和收入的分配 The rate of accumulation decreases with time. 积累的速度随着时间变慢。
来源	2013.5

Accumulation Time Large Word Interest Things Period [Oft