| 单词 | accelerate |
| 释义 | accelerate (once / 648 pages) v 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. The fastest Amtrak trains are called the Acela line, a made-up word intended to suggest accelerate and therefore communicate that these trains are fast. If you are standing close to one when it zooms by, you may find yourself having an accelerated heart rate—they move pretty fast! WORD FAMILYaccelerate: accelerated, accelerates, accelerating, acceleration, accelerative, accelerator, acceleratory+/acceleration: accelerations/accelerative: acceleratively/accelerator: accelerators USAGE EXAMPLESPolice say Robert Stevens didn’t appear to be impaired by alcohol or drugs, and it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the car to accelerate. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) As travelers stay closer to home, that trend should continue to accelerate. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The oddity is allowing this nifty little rebuilding project to accelerate and grow in stature. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1v move faster The car accelerated Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper quicken, speed, speed up decelerate, retard, slow, slow down, slow up lose velocity; move more slowly brisk, brisk up, brisken become brisk deepen, intensify become more intense 2v cause to move faster He accelerated the car Syn|Ant|Hyper speed, speed up decelerate, slow down reduce the speed of alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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