释义 |
amplifyam‧pli‧fy /ˈæmplɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle amplified, present participle amplifying) [transitive]  amplifyOrigin: 1400-1500 French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus; ➔ AMPLE VERB TABLEamplify |
Present | I, you, we, they | amplify | | he, she, it | amplifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | amplified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have amplified | | he, she, it | has amplified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had amplified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will amplify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have amplified |
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Present | I | am amplifying | | he, she, it | is amplifying | | you, we, they | are amplifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was amplifying | | you, we, they | were amplifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been amplifying | | he, she, it | has been amplifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been amplifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be amplifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been amplifying |
- Critics say the Internet has amplified the problem of medical misinformation.
- The Lockheed story amplifies how important top leadership is to an organization's success or failure.
- In complex systems a small alteration in the initial conditions can amplify into wide-ranging effects throughout the rest of the system.
- It made changes on the land, and those changes will be amplified by other events as time goes on.
- It should explicitly amplify policies which have been agreed as part of the business plan.
- Other spots are characterized by their ability to modify or amplify sound, even to the point of acoustical saturation.
- The reverse acoustic ceilings amplify the din to a decibel range appropriate for a wind tunnel.
- These points will be amplified as we proceed.
- This is not in fact all echo, but sound amplified either in intensity or Length.
► Recordingalbum, nounamp, nounamplifier, nounamplify, verbaudiotape, nounB-side, nouncassette, nounCD, nounCD player, nouncompact disc, nouncompact disc player, nounDAT, noundisc, nounDolby, dub, verbearphone, nounearpiece, nounflip side, nounforty-five, noungramophone, nounhead, nounheadphones, nounhi-fi, nounhigh fidelity, adjectiveindie, nounjacket, nounlabel, nounliner note, nounlong-playing record, nounloop, nounloudspeaker, nounLP, nounmicrophone, nounmix, verbmixer, nounmonitor, nounneedle, nounpersonal stereo, nounphonograph, nounplayback, nounprerecord, verbpress, verbquadraphonic, adjectiverecord, nounrecord, verbreplay, verbreplay, nounreproduction, nounre-release, verbrewind, verbscratchy, adjectiveseventy-eight, nounsingle, nounsound check, nounspeaker, nounstereo, nounstereo, adjectivestudio, nounstylus, nountalking book, nountape, nountape, verbtape deck, nountape record, verbtape recorder, nountape recording, nountranscribe, verbtranscript, nountransfer, verbturntable, nounvideo, nounvideo, verbvideo, adjectivevideo camera, nounvideo cassette, nounvideo cassette recorder, nounvideodisc, nounvideographer, nounvideo recorder, nounvideotape, nounvideotape, verbvinyl, nounWalkman, nounwipe, verbwire, noun VERB► use· In science or engineering we use instruments to amplify our senses.· Application Make a list of musical instruments that use a box to amplify their sound.· Loudspeakers with multiple resonance were used to amplify the feeble sound of early radios with unpleasant results. 1to make sound louder, especially musical sound: an amplified guitar2formal to increase the effects or strength of something: These stories only amplified her fears.3formal to explain something that you have said by giving more information about it: Would you care to amplify that remark?—amplification /ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |