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单词 multiply
释义
multiplymultiply /ˈmʌltəˌplaɪ/ ●●● verb (multiplies, multiplied, multiplying) Etymology
ETYMOLOGYmultiply
Origin: 1100-1200 Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicare, from multiplex; ➔ MULTIPLEX
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
multiply
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theymultiply
he, she, itmultiplies
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theymultiplied
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave multiplied
he, she, ithas multiplied
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad multiplied
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill multiply
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have multiplied
Continuous Form
PresentIam multiplying
he, she, itis multiplying
you, we, theyare multiplying
PastI, he, she, itwas multiplying
you, we, theywere multiplying
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been multiplying
he, she, ithas been multiplying
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been multiplying
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be multiplying
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been multiplying
Thesaurus
THESAURUSto become larger in amount, number, or degree, or to make something do this
to become larger in amount, number, or degree, or to make something do this:  The company has increased its workforce by 10 percent.
to increase in number, price, amount, or level. Go up is less formal than rise:  Prices have risen 2%.
to increase in amount, size, or degree:  The number of employees at the company has grown from 20 to 300.
formal to increase to a much higher level:  The rate of heart disease escalated as the country began eating a higher fat diet.
to quickly increase in number, size, or amount:  Unemployment shot up.
to increase quickly to a high level:  The temperature soared to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
to increase suddenly by very large amounts:  House prices skyrocketed.
to become twice as large or twice as much, or to make something do this:  The firm has doubled in size in ten years. They’re trying to double the amount of parts they produce each month.
to become three times as large or three times as much, or to make something do this:  The country’s debt has tripled over the last decade. We can triple our earnings by next year.
to increase a lot, or to make something do this:  The company’s problems have multiplied over the past year.
formal to increase in strength, size, or amount, or to make something do this:  The pain in his stomach intensified so they took him to the hospital.
to make a number, price, amount, or level go up:  Congress wants to raise the tax on gasoline.
to increase something as much as possible:  The company is looking at ways of maximizing its profits.
to make something increase in number or size:  The consulting firm wants to expand its services to include insurance.
to increase your efforts or activities. Step up is less formal than increase:  Police officers stepped up their efforts to find the missing girl.
to increase something so that it becomes better or more successful:  We found a new manufacturing partner to boost our production. The win boosted the team’s confidence.
1[intransitive, transitive] to increase greatly, or to make something increase greatly:  Environmental laws have multiplied. Smoking multiplies your risk of getting cancer.► see thesaurus at increase12[intransitive, transitive] math to do a calculation in which you add a number to itself a particular number of times: multiply something by something If you multiply 3 by 10, you get 30. What is 25 multiplied by 5? → see also divide1 (4)3[intransitive] to breed and increase in number quickly:  The germs multiply quickly in the heat.
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