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cumulative adj.累积的；渐增的；（红利、利息等）累计的 (1) 这种形式的备份也称为累积备份。(2) 食物添加剂和防腐剂长期食用却可产生累积毒性效应。(3) 这种药有渐增的效力。(4) 他用该词指人均实际收入的累计增长。 The origin of cumulative is helpful in remembering the meaning; it comes from the Latin cumulatus for "to heap." If something is cumulative, it is heaped together so it can be counted up to get a total number. The cumulative snowfall for the whole winter isn't just the amount of snow that fell in one month, but rather the number of inches that fell every month that winter to get the total, cumulative, amount.

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英 ['kjuːmjələtɪv] 美 ['kjuːmjəleɪtɪv] (1) This form of backup is also known as cumulative backup.(2) Food additives and preservatives may have a long-term cumulative toxic effect.(3) This drug has a cumulative effect.(4) By this he meant cumulative rises in real incomes per head. Cumulative is the total amount of something when it's all added together. Eating a single chocolate doughnut is fine, but the cumulative effect of eating them all day is that you'll probably feel sick. 1[ADJ 形容词]聚积的；积累的；渐增的 If a series of events have a cumulative effect, each event makes the effect greater. It is simple pleasures, such as a walk on a sunny day, which have a cumulative effect on our mood...一些简单的娱乐，譬如在一个阳光明媚的日子散步，就能使我们的心情更愉快。The benefits from eating fish are cumulative.吃鱼的好处要长期才能显现。cumulativelyHis administration was plagued by one petty scandal after another, cumulatively very damaging.一桩又一桩的小丑闻困扰着他的政府，产生越来越坏的影响。

英语单词	cumulative
英美音标	英 ['kjuːmjələtɪv] 美 ['kjuːmjəleɪtɪv]
中文释义	adj.累积的；渐增的；（红利、利息等）累计的
英语例句	(1) This form of backup is also known as cumulative backup. (2) Food additives and preservatives may have a long-term cumulative toxic effect. (3) This drug has a cumulative effect. (4) By this he meant cumulative rises in real incomes per head.
中文例句	(1) 这种形式的备份也称为累积备份。 (2) 食物添加剂和防腐剂长期食用却可产生累积毒性效应。 (3) 这种药有渐增的效力。 (4) 他用该词指人均实际收入的累计增长。
vocabulary简明	Cumulative is the total amount of something when it's all added together. Eating a single chocolate doughnut is fine, but the cumulative effect of eating them all day is that you'll probably feel sick.
vocabulary扩展	The origin of cumulative is helpful in remembering the meaning; it comes from the Latin cumulatus for "to heap." If something is cumulative, it is heaped together so it can be counted up to get a total number. The cumulative snowfall for the whole winter isn't just the amount of snow that fell in one month, but rather the number of inches that fell every month that winter to get the total, cumulative, amount.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]聚积的；积累的；渐增的 If a series of events have a cumulative effect, each event makes the effect greater. It is simple pleasures, such as a walk on a sunny day, which have a cumulative effect on our mood... 一些简单的娱乐，譬如在一个阳光明媚的日子散步，就能使我们的心情更愉快。 The benefits from eating fish are cumulative. 吃鱼的好处要长期才能显现。 cumulatively His administration was plagued by one petty scandal after another, cumulatively very damaging. 一桩又一桩的小丑闻困扰着他的政府，产生越来越坏的影响。

Cumulative Eating Effect Total Amount Winter Fell 英