accumulate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time. 積聚
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached. 鉛可以在體內(nèi)積聚直至到達(dá)有毒的程度。
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accumulate /??kju?mj??le?t/ (accumulating,accumulated,accumulates)
劍橋詞典
- C2 [ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ]
- It can be dangerous to let too much soot accumulate inside a chimney .
- During a successful business career , she accumulated a great amount of wealth .
- After a long career in the antiques trade , Harry had accumulated many rare treasures .
- During our six years in this house , we seem to have accumulated an awful lot of junk .
- Why don't you just do a little ironing every now and then, instead of letting it accumulate? 返回 accumulate
to collect a large number of things over a long period of time
積累；積聚；積攢
As people accumulate more wealth , they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes . 人們積累了更多財(cái)富后，他們的花費(fèi)占收入的比重也往往會增加。
The company said the debt was accumulated during its acquisition of nine individual businesses . 該公司稱其在收購9家個(gè)體公司的過程中，債務(wù)越積越多。
We've accumulated so much rubbish over the years . 多年來我們已經(jīng)堆積了這么多的垃圾。
[ 不及物動詞：后面不接賓語的動詞 ]
to gradually increase in number or amount
逐漸增加；逐漸升高
A thick layer of dust had accumulated in the room . 房間里積了厚厚一層灰塵。
If you don't go through the papers on your desk on a regular basis , they just keep on accumulating. 如果你不去定期整理辦公桌上的文件，它們就會越積越多。
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