Apedia

考法 Increase Wax 1】Vi.月亮渐满 Phase Intensity Chiefly Moon

正面 wax
背面
【考法 1】vi.月亮渐满: to increase in phase or intensity, used chiefly of the moon, other satellites, and inferior planets
【反】wane月亮渐亏
【考法 2】vt.用蜡涂、处理或上光: to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction
【例】wax the floor给地板打蜡
【近】grease, oil, slick
【反】coarsen, rough, roughen 使粗糙
【考法 3】vi.增大,增强: to increase in size, numbers, strength, prosperity, or intensity
【例】The commitment of the young volunteers to the cause seems to wax. 青年志愿者们对于这项事业的投入似乎在增多。
【近】accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, proliferate, rise
【反】contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede 减少,减弱
【派】waxing adj.增加的

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Waylaid waylay 考法 1】vt.埋伏,伏击 lie wait attack ambush

Previous card: Watershed 考法 n.重要关头,分水岭 crucial dividing point turning 例】a

Up to card list: 新GRE核心词汇考法精析(再要你命3000)