accelerate

英 [ək'seləreɪt] 美 [ək'sɛləret]

解释

※ 提供单词"accelerate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

accelerate 加速

前缀ac-同ad-.词根celer,加速，见celerity,迅速。

accelerate: accelerate: [16] Accelerate comes from Latin accelerāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ad- (ac- before /k/ sounds) and celerāre ‘hurry’. Celerāre, in turn, derived from the adjective celer ‘fast’ (which gave English celerity [15] and is ultimately related to hold).
accelerate (v.): 1520s, from Latin acceleratus, past participle of accelerare "to hasten, quicken," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + celerare "hasten," from celer "swift" (see celerity). Related: Accelerated; accelerating.

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1. We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.: 我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。

2. Perhaps the fact that the car was tailgating him made him accelerate.: 或许是因为那辆汽车跟得太紧，他才加速的。