accumulate

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v. 积聚, 堆积

发音

UK /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/
CA /əˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/
US /əˈkju.mjəˌleɪt/

词形变化

accumulated accumulates 三单 accumulates accumulatest accumulateth accumulating unaccumulated accumulating 现在分词 accumulated 过去式 accumulated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

累积；积聚

to gradually get more and more money, possessions, knowledge etc over a period of time

动词

积攒

It is unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate wealth.

少数特权阶级继续积聚财富，这是不公平的。

释义与例句

v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.

    积累

    储埋

    及物

    He wishes to accumulate a sum of money.

  2. 2.

    To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.

    积累

    不及物

    With her company going bankrupt, her divorce, and a gambling habit, debts started to accumulate so she had to sell her house.

  3. 3.

    To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.

    过时 教育
adj.
  1. 1.

    Collected; accumulated.

    诗歌 罕用

词汇关系

动词

同义词 9

collect gather hoard conglomerate compile amass pile up cumulate roll up

上位词 6

store increase put in stash away lay in salt away

下位词 10

save catch collect gather scratch fund drift lump assemble scrape

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Latin accumulātusbor. Middle English accumylaten English accumulate First attested c. 1487; from Middle English accumylaten, borrowed from Latin accumulātus, perfect passive participle of accumulō (“to amass, pile up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), formed from ad (“to, towards, at”) + cumulō (“to heap”), from cumulus (“a heap”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French accumuler.

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