accelerate
英 [əkˈseləreɪt]
美 [əkˈseləreɪt]
v. (使)加速; 加速; 加快
过去式：accelerated 过去分词：accelerated 现在分词：accelerating 第三人称单数：accelerates
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同义词辨析
quickenacceleratehastenrushspeed【导航词义：加快】
quickenv. 〈书〉加快
〔辨析〕
指增加速度、速率，尤指频率。
〔例证〕
He glanced at his watch and quicken his steps.
他看了一眼手表，加快了脚步。
He felt his heart quicken when he saw Susan.
他看到苏珊时感觉自己心跳加快了。
他看了一眼手表，加快了脚步。
He felt his heart quicken when he saw Susan.
他看到苏珊时感觉自己心跳加快了。
acceleratev. （使）加快，（使）增速
〔辨析〕
指某事比预期更快或更早发生时，可作及物或不及物动词；指汽车或人加速时，只作不及物动词。
〔例证〕
The urbanization process continued to accelerate.
城市化进程持续加快。
The bad weather accelerated our departure.
坏天气促使我们提前离开。
Her car accelerated smoothly away.
她的车平稳地加速离开。
That runner accelerated suddenly around the bend.
那名赛跑运动员在转弯处突然加速。
城市化进程持续加快。
The bad weather accelerated our departure.
坏天气促使我们提前离开。
Her car accelerated smoothly away.
她的车平稳地加速离开。
That runner accelerated suddenly around the bend.
那名赛跑运动员在转弯处突然加速。
hastenv. 〈正式〉加速，加紧
〔辨析〕
多指意外、糟糕之事使某事加速，或让某事提前发生。
〔例证〕
His departure was hastened by an emergency.
由于一个突发事件，他提前走了。
His letter hastened the course of the enquiry.
他的来信加快了调查的进程。
Poor medical treatment hastened his death.
糟糕的治疗加速了他的死亡。
由于一个突发事件，他提前走了。
His letter hastened the course of the enquiry.
他的来信加快了调查的进程。
Poor medical treatment hastened his death.
糟糕的治疗加速了他的死亡。
rushv. 催促，使赶紧
〔辨析〕
指催促某人做某事。
〔例证〕
Sorry to rush you, but the board needs these materials by Thursday.
很抱歉催你，只是董事会周四之前需要这些材料。
He felt he was being rushed into making a decision.
他觉得自己是被催着去作决定。
很抱歉催你，只是董事会周四之前需要这些材料。
He felt he was being rushed into making a decision.
他觉得自己是被催着去作决定。
speedv. 加快，促进
〔辨析〕
指加快某事的发生、进展等，常指好事。
〔例证〕
This incident should speed his decision.
这一事件应该会促使他尽快作出决定。
This new medicine should speed her recovery.
这种新药应该会加快她的康复。
The new measures will speed up the registration process.
这些新措施将加快注册过程。
这一事件应该会促使他尽快作出决定。
This new medicine should speed her recovery.
这种新药应该会加快她的康复。
The new measures will speed up the registration process.
这些新措施将加快注册过程。
牛津词典
verb
- （使）加速，加快
to happen or to make sth happen faster or earlier than expected- Inflation continues to accelerate.
通货膨胀不断加速。 - Exposure to the sun can accelerate the ageing process.
暴露在日光下会加快老化过程。
- Inflation continues to accelerate.
- 加速；加快
to start to go faster- The runners accelerated smoothly around the bend.
赛跑运动员在转弯处顺畅地加速。 - The car accelerated to overtake me.
那辆汽车加速超过了我。
- The runners accelerated smoothly around the bend.
柯林斯词典
- V-ERG （使）加快；（使）增速
If the process or rate of somethingacceleratesor if somethingacceleratesit, it gets faster and faster.- Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year...
明年的增长会加快到2.9%。 - The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。
- Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year...
- VERB （运动中的车辆）加速
When a moving vehicleaccelerates, it goes faster and faster.- Suddenly the car accelerated...
汽车突然加速。 - She accelerated away from the kerb.
她加速驶离了马路牙子。
- Suddenly the car accelerated...
英英释义
verb
- move faster
- The car accelerated
- cause to move faster
- He accelerated the car
双语例句
- Third, accelerate the development of cultural industries is conducive to optimizing the economic structure and development pattern.
第三，加快文化产业发展有利于经济结构的优化和发展方式的转变。 - China is to Build a national economic information network to accelerate the transition to a socialist market economy.
中国将建立一个全国性的经济信息网。以加快向社会主义市场经济的转变。 - Sunshine, fresh air, and rest often accelerate a person's recovery from sickness.
阳光、新鲜空气以及休息往往可使病人尽快康复。 - We will have to accelerate our pace in emerging markets to achieve that goal.
为了实现这一目标，我们将必须加快在新兴市场的步伐。 - We will accelerate independent innovation and industrial upgrading and further strengthen the competitive advantages of the economy.
加快自主创新和产业升级，进一步增强经济竞争优势。 - This scooter didn't have a foot pedal to accelerate like the military motorcycles back then.
这台速克达并不像当时的军用摩托车是用脚踏板来加速。 - 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。 - It helps the team reduce defects and accelerate product delivery schedules.
它帮助团队减少了缺陷的数量，并加速了产品交付的日程安排。 - This, of course, would nullify the effect of the move and merely accelerate inflation.
这毫无疑问会使该举措完全失效，而仅仅只是加速通货膨胀。 - 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。