accumulate

英 [ə'kjuːmjəleɪt] 美 [ə'kjuːmjəleɪt]

• v. 积累；增加；聚集

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 积累; 积聚

   gradually get more and more of sth over a period of time

2. vi. 累积; 聚积

   gradually increase in number or quality over a period of time

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 累积
2. 积攒
3. 积成堆
4. 聚积
5. 存储
6. 蓄积
7. 积
8. 贮
9. 同时取得（高的和低的学位）
10. 聚集
11. 积蓄起来
12. 堆起
13. 聚成一堆
14. 收集
15. 积累
16. 堆积
17. 逐渐增加
18. 渐渐提高
19. 积聚
20. 累加

n. 名词

1. 补堆积岩
2. 增生堆积岩

英英释义

Verb:

1. get or gather together;

   "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"
   "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"
   "She rolled up a small fortune"
   

2. collect or gather;

   "Journals are accumulating in my office"
   "The work keeps piling up"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. They set out to accumulate a huge mass of data.
   他们开始积累大量的资料。
2. Dust and dirt soon accumulates if a house is not cleaned regularly.
   房屋不经常打扫,尘土很快就越积越多。
3. True poetry accumulates meaning every time it is read.
   真正好诗愈念涵义愈丰富。
4. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate.
   然而，当证据日趋增多时，该动物园的专家们感到有必要进行调查。
5. Over the years, I had accumulated hundreds of books.
   多年来,我收集了几百本书。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Rubbish accumulates quickly if you don't clear it regularly.
   不定期打扫,就会很快积满垃圾。
2. Dust soon accumulates if the rooms are not swept.
   房间如不打扫,很快灰尘就会堆积起来。
3. A thick layer of dust had accumulated in the room.
   房间里已经堆积起了厚厚的一层灰尘。
4. Dust accumulated in the empty house.
   那栋空房里积满了灰尘。
5. Dust and cobwebs had accumulated in the house while she was gone.
   她不在家期间,屋子里到处是灰尘,墙上挂满了蜘蛛网。
6. Snow accumulated on the ground.
   地上积了一层雪。
7. If you don't sort out the papers on your desk on a regular basis they just keep on accumulating.
   如果你不定期整理你桌上的文件的话,它们就会越积越多。
8. Leaves will accumulate on your lawn if you do not rake them.
   如果你不清扫,落叶很快就会堆满你的草坪。
9. Martin had no money for stamps, so the manuscripts accumulated in a heap under the table.
   马丁没有钱买邮票,因此稿子在桌子下积成了一堆。
10. A pile of work accumulated on his desk.
    他桌子上压了一大堆活儿。
11. Difficulties accumulated round his path.
    他前进的道路上困难成堆。
12. His debts accumulated.
    他债台高筑。
13. Debts began to accumulate.
    债务开始增加。
14. Little by little his savings accumulated.
    他的储蓄一点一点地多起来。
15. Silence accumulated for a while.
    冷场维持了好一会儿。
16. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate.
    然而,当证据日趋增多时,动物园的专家们感到有必要进行调查了。
17. Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
    哪里物欲横流,哪里的人们就腐败。
18. Snow accumulated to a depth of five feet.
    雪堆积达五尺深。
19. Events were rapidly rolling together from every quarter, and accumulating to a crisis.
    一起起事件从四面八方纷至沓来,汇集而成危机。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Unused books accumulated dust.
   书不使用就会积满灰尘。
2. I've accumulated quite a lot of rare books over the years.
   多年来,我积攒了大量的珍藏本。
3. He gradually accumulated an impressive collection of paintings.
   他逐渐积聚起一批可观的绘画收藏品。
4. They accumulated a large amount of river mud for fertilizer.
   他们堆积了大量河泥用作肥料。
5. We've accumulated so much rubbish over the years.
   这些年来我们已经积起了这么多垃圾。
6. As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes.
   当人们积累了更多财富时,往往会将更多的收入用于消费。
7. He accumulated a fortune by buying and selling used cars.
   他买卖旧汽车积累了一笔财富。
8. By investing wisely she accumulated a fortune.
   她投资精明,积累了一笔财富。
9. By working hard you may accumulate a fortune.
   努力工作你就可以积蓄一笔财产。
10. My uncle and aunt accumulated a fortune by saving their money.
    我舅舅和舅妈靠储蓄累积了一笔财富。
11. He accumulated a fortune in the course of years.
    他在几年期间积累了一笔财富。
12. We must accumulate funds for construction.
    我们要为建设积累资金。
13. They set to work accumulating a huge mass of data.
    他们已开始积累大量的资料。
14. He accumulated invaluable experience in the work of foreign affairs.
    他积累了宝贵的外事工作经验。
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15. Profound knowledge is accumulated little by little.
    渊博的知识是逐渐积累起来的。
16. The company said the debt was accumulated during its acquisition of nine individual businesses.
    公司说在兼并9家个体企业期间债务越来越多。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• accumulate a fortune 积蓄一笔财产
• accumulate a library 集成书库
• accumulate a thick layer of dust 积了厚厚的一层灰
• accumulate books 收藏书籍
• accumulate earth and stones 堆积泥土和石块
• accumulate evidence 收集证据
• accumulate experience 积累经验
• accumulate funds for 为…积累资金
• accumulate knowledge 积累知识
• accumulate materials for a novel 积累写小说的素材
• accumulate strength 积蓄力量
• accumulate wealth 积聚财富
• accumulate wisdom 积聚智慧

～+副词

• accumulate patiently 耐心积累
• accumulate quickly 很快积累
• accumulate rapidly 迅速积累
• accumulate slowly 慢慢积累

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. accumulate用于具体名词时意为“堆积”,用于抽象名词时意为“积聚”,指积少成多,从而达到一定的规模。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。
2. accumulate 通常不以指人的词作宾语,若以指人的词作宾语,则含把人当成物来对待的意味,有贬义。
3. accumulate还可用作不及物动词,指数量的逐渐增加或质量的渐渐提高。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

accumulate, amass, heap, pile

• 这四个词都有“堆积”或“积累”的意思,表示“积累财富”的意思时, heap up和amass可互换。其区别是：
• 1.从堆积的高度来看, heap要比pile高。
• 2.从积累的速度和数量上看, amass比accumulate更迅速、更多。
• 3.从使用范围来看, accumulate比其他三词要广,既可用于具体意义,也可用于抽象意义,可以说“积水,积血”,也可以说“积累财富、利息、知识、悲哀、困难、恩德、罪恶、弊病等”; heap也可用于具体意义和抽象意义; amass主要用于抽象意义,如“积聚金钱、资源、知识等”; pile主要用于具体意义,常用于堆积同类的东西,尤其是扁平的东西。

accumulate，amass，collect，gather，heap，pile

• 这些动词均含“积聚，聚集，积累”之意。
• accumulate几乎可用于指任何事物量的增加，侧重连续不断地，一点一滴地聚积。
• amass着重大量地积聚，尤指对如金钱、珠宝等有价值东西的大量积聚。
• collect普通用词，多用于指物，侧重指有区别地作选择或有安排有计划地把零散物集中起来。
• gather普通用词，指人或物或抽象事物都可用。侧重于围绕一个中心的集合、聚集。
• heap主要指把沙、石、煤、草等堆高，不强调整齐。
• pile着重指比较整齐地把东西堆积在一起。

词源解说

• ☆ 1520左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的accumulatus，意为积聚。

近反义词

【近义词】

• aggregate
• assemble
• collect
• congregate
• cumulate
• gather
• grow
• pile up
• save up
• store up
• increase
• multiply

【反义词】

• diffuse
• distribute
• scatter
• waste

派生词

v.(动词)

• accumulation n. 积聚；累积‖accumulative adj. 积聚的；累积的