accelerate

英 [ək'seləreɪt] 美 [ək'seləreɪt]

• v. 加速；提前；跳级

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)加快; 促进

   happen or make sth happen faster or earlier than expected

2. vt. & vi. (使)加速

   start to go faster; (cause to) move faster

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 促进
2. 加快
3. 使增速
4. 【物】使加速
5. 增长
6. 增加
7. 催促
8. 加速发展
9. 提高
10. 好起来
11. 促使…早日发生
12. 加速
13. 增速
14. 增加速度
15. 速度增加
16. 使（运动物体）加速
17. 使更早发生
18. 提前
19. 跳级

英英释义

Verb:

1. move faster;

   "The car accelerated"
   

2. cause to move faster;

   "He accelerated the car"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Our present task is to accelerate economic growth.
   加速经济发展是我们当前的任务。
2. The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners accelerate.
   领先者在其余赛跑者加速时就逐渐失去了优势。
3. We will accelerate the reform of the financial system under these circumstances.
   在这一背景情况下,我们将加快金融体制改革。
4. The decline of her health seemed to suddenly accelerate.
   她的健康状况好像突然提前衰退了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. This means you can accelerate rather more rapidly.
   这表示你可以走得更快一点。
2. The train accelerated.
   火车加速了。
3. The car suddenly accelerated.
   汽车突然加速。
4. The car accelerated downhill.
   汽车下坡时速度加快。
5. Suddenly the van accelerated and shot forward.
   那辆货车突然加速朝前冲去。
6. A falling body accelerates at a rate of 32 ft/s2 .
   落体以32英尺/秒2的速度加速落下。
7. John's new car can accelerate from 10mph to 60mph in a few seconds.
   约翰的新车能在几秒钟内把时速从10英里增加到60英里。
8. The car can accelerate to 60 km/h in 10 seconds.
   只消10秒钟,这辆汽车的车速就可达到每小时60千米。
9. He felt the patient's pulse and noticed that it accelerated slightly.
   他给病人诊脉,发现病人脉搏稍为加快了。
10. Inflation is likely to accelerate this year, adding further upward pressure on interest rates.
    通货膨胀今年可能会加快,从而进一步迫使利率上调。
11. Stock prices surged yesterday as volume accelerated sharply.
    昨天随着交易额的急剧上升,股票价格猛涨。
12. The number of technical papers accelerated.
    技术论文的数量增加了。
13. The driver accelerated to pass the other car.
    司机为超过前面的车而加快了车速。
14. Some of the students went to summer sessions to accelerate.
    有几个学生参加了暑期速成学习班。
15. The decline of her health seemed to suddenly accelerate.
    她的身体状况似乎突然加速恶化了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The bad weather accelerated our departure.
   坏天气促使我们提前离开。
2. She accelerated her car and passed the bus in front.
   她加快车速超越前面的巴士。
3. The engineer accelerates a train by turning on more power.
   火车司机用增加动力的办法使火车加速。
4. We should accelerate our research in atomic power generation and speed up the building of atomic power plants.
   我们要加快原子能发电的研究,加速原子能电站的建设。
5. Our country should accelerate the rate of economic growth.
   我国应加快经济增长率。
6. The increased capital could greatly accelerate economic development.
   增加的资本会大大地加快经济发展。
7. The director's mismanagement has accelerated the company's failure.
   主管者的管理不当加速了公司的倒闭。
8. Neglect has accelerated this building's decay.
   由于无人看管,这座楼房破败得更快了。
9. This medicine can accelerate heartbeat.
   这种药能加快心跳速度。
10. Fertilizer will accelerate the growth of these tomato plants.
    肥料将促进这些西红柿秧生长。
11. They use special chemical substances to accelerate the growth of crops.
    他们使用特殊的化学物质来促进农作物的生长。
12. Sunshine, fresh air, and rest often accelerate a person's recovery from sickness.
    阳光、新鲜空气以及休息往往可使病人尽快康复。
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13. Bacterial reproduction is accelerated in weightless space.
    在失重的空间,细菌繁殖加快了。
14. Let us see why the reaction is accelerated.
    让我们看一看反应为什么会加快。

其他

1. His college gave him accelerated promotion to Associate Professor.
   他那所学校破格提拔他当副教授。

经典引文

• A spot of laughter, I am sure, Often accelerates one's cure.

  出自： J. B. S. Haldane

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• accelerate measure 加快步调
• accelerate motion 加速运动
• accelerate sb's departure 使某人早些离去
• accelerate the heartbeat 使心跳加速
• accelerate the pace 加快步调
• accelerate the process 加快进程
• accelerate the train 使火车提速

～+副词

• accelerate abruptly 骤然加速
• accelerate suddenly 突然加速

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. accelerate的意思是“(使)加快; (使)加速”,可指(使)某事比预期的更快或更早发生,也可指(使)车辆或人加快速度。可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,其宾语可以是具体名词,也可以是抽象名词,可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

quicken，accelerate，hasten，hurry，rush，speed

• 这些动词均含“加快，使加快”之意。
• quicken普通用词，指增加速度、速率。
• accelerate着重指频率或速率运转加快。
• hasten指由于事的紧迫性或突然性而加速。
• hurry指赶紧或匆忙地做某事或催促别人做某事，隐含草率或混乱意味。
• rush含义与hurry相近，但显得更仓促更慌乱。
• speed侧重实际的快速行动,常用词组是speed up。

词源解说

• ☆ 1520左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的accelerare，意为加速。

近反义词

【近义词】

• hasten
• hurry

【反义词】

• decelerate
• retard
• delay

派生词

v.(动词)

• acceleration n. 加速,加快;加速的幅度;加速能力;加速度‖accelerator n. (汽车的)油门;加速器