accelerate
accelerate 英 [əkˈseləreɪt] 美 [ækˈsɛləˌret]
v. 加速；促进；增加
进行时:accelerating 过去式:accelerated 过去分词:accelerated 第三人称单数:accelerates
- Accelerate means to speed up. A car accelerates when you step on the gas. You can accelerate the process of getting a visa if you happen to know someone who works in the consulate.
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- v. 加速；促进；增加
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1. Inflation continues to accelerate.
通货膨胀不断加速。
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2. Exposure to the sun can accelerate the ageing process.
暴露在日光下会加快老化过程。
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3. The car accelerated to overtake me.
那辆汽车加速超过了我。
- accelerate (v.) 1520s, "hasten the occurrence of;" 1590s, "make quicker" (implied in accelerating), from Latin acceleratus, past participle of accelerare "to hasten, quicken" (trans.), "make haste" (intrans.), from ad "to" (see ad-) + celerare "hasten," from celer "swift," which is perhaps from PIE *keli- "speeding" (see celerity). Intransitive sense of "go faster, become faster" in English is from 1640s. Related: Accelerated; accelerative.
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