| 英语单词 | accelerate |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ək'seləreɪt] 美 [ək'seləreɪt] |
| 中文释义 | v.加速;提前;跳级 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Our present task is to accelerate economic growth. (2) The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners accelerate. (3) The decline of her health seemed to suddenly accelerate. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 加速经济发展是我们当前的任务。 (2) 领先者在其余赛跑者加速时就逐渐失去了优势。 (3) 她的健康状况好像突然提前衰退了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Accelerate means to speed up. A car accelerates when you step on the gas. You can accelerate the process of getting a visa if you happen to know someone who works in the consulate. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The fastest Amtrak trains are called the Acela line, a made-up word intended to suggest accelerate and therefore communicate that these trains are fast. If you are standing close to one when it zooms by, you may find yourself having an accelerated heart rate—they move pretty fast! |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)加快;(使)增速 If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster. [V] [V n]
2 [VERB 动词](运动中的车辆)加速 When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster. [V] [V prep/adv]
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