单词	amplify
释义	amplifyam‧pli‧fy /ˈæmplɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle amplified, present participle amplifying, third person singular amplifies) [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINamplify Origin: 1400-1500 French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus; ➔ AMPLE Verb Table VERB TABLE amplify Simple Form 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 Continuous Form 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 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES 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. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS 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. word sets WORD SETS► Recording album, 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 Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► 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]
随便看	fail failed failing fail-safe failure faint faint-hearted faintly faintness fair fair copy fair dinkum fair game fairground fair-haired boy Fair Isle fairly fair-minded fairness fair play fair sex Fairtrade fair trade fairway fair-weather friend

英语词典包含52748条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。