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Accelerate Latin Ad Celer 4974.Accelerate 英 ək'seləreɪt]美 ək'sɛləret

正面 4974.accelerate
英 [ək'seləreɪt]美 [ək'sɛləret]

背面
释义:
vt. 使……加快;使……增速vi. 加速;促进;增加
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。

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。
accelerateaccelerate: [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."

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