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单词 accrue
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accrueverb [ I ]

uk​/əˈkruː/us​/əˈkruː/formal

to increase in number or amount over a period of time:

Interest will accrue on the account at a rate of seven percent.
Little benefit will accrue to the city (= it will receive little benefit) from the new transport links.

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Augmenting and supplementing

  • a new lease of life idiom
  • accrual
  • add
  • add on sth
  • addendum
  • addition
  • annexure
  • bulk
  • bulk sth up
  • extension
  • gain
  • horizon
  • incremental
  • interpolate
  • new
  • tag sth on
  • top sth up
  • weight
  • write
  • write sth into sth

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accrueverb [ I/T ]

us​/əˈkru/

to increase over a period of time, or to get an amount of something gradually over time:

[ I ] Interest on this savings account accrues at the rate of 4 percent.

accrueverb

uk​/əˈkruː/us​formal

[ I ] to increase in amount over a period of time:

Interest accruing at 18% or more a year can quickly drain your future purchasing power.

[ T ] to allow something to increase in amount over a period of time:

By the time they leave, they'll have accrued a year's holiday pay.
She has accrued $80,000 of student debt in her educational pursuit.

[ I ] if a payment or an advantage accrues to you, you receive it or have the right to receive it:

accrue to sb Building societies are mutually owned, and benefits accrue to members rather than shareholders.
The school district is being criticized for allowing $74 million in vacation pay to accrue to school administrators and other nonteachers.
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