augment

英 [ɔːɡ'ment] 美 [ɔːɡ'ment]

• vt. 增加
• n. 增加；补充物

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. & vt. 增加; 提高; 扩大

   (cause to) become bigger, more valuable, better etc.

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 增加，增长
2. <废>扩大
3. 【语】增音
4. 增大，扩大
5. 【语法】接头母音字母
6. 提高
7. 附加接头成份
8. 补充物

v. 动词

1. 提高，助长
2. 增加，增添
3. 加强，增强
4. 外加，补充
5. 充填
6. 增大，扩大，扩张
7. 【军】扩编
8. 【语法】附加接头母音字母
9. 【纹章】加添新徽章
10. 【语】在...上增音，加增音于

英英释义

Verb:

1. enlarge or increase;

   "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
   

2. grow or intensify;

   "The pressure augmented"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. They hit upon another idea to augment their income.
   他们又想出一个增加收入的办法。
2. Hotel workers depend on tips to augment their usually small salaries.
   饭店的工作人员主要靠小费来增加他平时微薄的收入。
3. He augments his income by teaching in the evenings.
   他晚上去教书以增加收入。

用作名词 (n.)

1. They hit upon another idea to augment their income.
   他们又想出一个增加收入的办法。
2. It served, however, to augment Carrie's dissatisfaction with her state.
   然而，这却增加了嘉莉对自己处境的不满。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The sound of traffic augments during the morning rush hour.
   一到早晨高峰时刻,交通噪音就加大。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron./v -ing

1. He augments his income by teaching in the evenings.
   他晚上去教书以增加收入。
2. Jim augmented his wages by delivering newspapers.
   吉姆靠送报纸来弥补其工资的不足。
3. The insurgents were intent upon augmenting and strengthening their forces.
   起义者急于扩大和加强他们的兵力。
4. New York City draws water from the Hudson River to augment reservoirs when they are low.
   当水库的水位低时,纽约市从哈德逊河引水来增加储水量。
5. The report recommends the use of private resources to augment government services in some areas.
   这份报告建议利用私人资金来增加某些地方公共设施的经费。
6. With the birth of his third son, he found it necessary to do something to augment his income.
   随着他第三个儿子的出生,他感到有必要想办法去增加收入。
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7. The foreign legion was augmented with newly recruited retired soldiers.
   此海外军团以新招的退伍的士兵扩大队伍。

经典引文

• April's rapid augment of colour.

  出自： W. H. Auden

• The insurgents were intent upon augmenting and strengthening their forces.

  出自： Sir W. Scott

• I took on stray jobs of this kind to augment my income.

  出自： W. Plomer

• Man has been content just to live on Nature's bounty without seeking to augment it.

  出自： A. J. Toynbee

词汇搭配

• augment tube 加速排气管,增速排气...

近反义词

【近义词】

• increase 增加
• enlarge 扩大
• expand 使 ... 膨胀
• extend 延伸
• amplify 扩大
• boost 提高
• intensify 增强
• strengthen 加强
• raise 上升
• broaden 变宽
• magnify 放大

【反义词】

• abate 缓和

派生词

v.(动词)

• augmentation n. 增加,提高; 扩大