| 单词 | accrue |
| 释义 | accrue (əkruː ) Word forms: accrues , accruing , accrued 1. verb If money or interest accrues or if you accrue it, it gradually increases in amount over a period of time. [business] I owed £5,000–part of this was accrued interest. [VERB-ed] If you do not pay within 28 days, interest will accrue. [VERB] Officials say the options will offer investors a longer time in which to accrue profits. [VERB noun] 2. verb If things such as profits or benefits accrue to someone, they are added to over a period of time. [formal] ...the expectation that profits will accrue. [VERB] ...a project from which considerable benefit will accrue to the community. [VERB + to] In many cases, the fee structure alone will exceed the tax benefits accrued. [VERB-ed] Collocations: accrue wealth And if people cannot accrue wealth, they have little incentive to create it. Times, Sunday Times We are accruing wealth at a much lower rate, paying higher rents, earning less and in more insecure employment and more debt. Times,Sunday Times Having accrued wealth and success as a businessman, he was increasingly determined to focus on philanthropy. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 累积 Japanese: 蓄積する |
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