| 单词 | accumulate |
| 释义 | ac·cu·mu·late I. transitive verb < the sands then had their own way, and accumulated the barrier which now exists between the two rivers — Douglas Carruthers > < they … accumulate blame upon the conditions imposed on them by fate — A.C.Benson > : amass < accumulated a fortune as a tea planter > : collect, gather < true poetry accumulates meaning every time it is read — C.D.Lewis > < dismantled the spinning wheel and carried it to the attic to accumulate antiquity — John Gould > intransitive verb < where wealth accumulates and men decay — Oliver Goldsmith > < snow accumulated to a depth of 10 feet > Synonyms: < to accumulate dust > < he who accumulates objects of value — Herbert Spencer > < accumulated major collections of important Arabic manuscripts — American Council of Learned Society Newsletter > < to accumulate wisdom > amass stresses the size, especially the great size, of the accumulation, usually of things of value; it may imply rather rapid acquisition < great wealth was amassed through steel, railroad, coal, and other industries — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < scientific knowledge, painstakingly amassed by many devotees over an extended period of human history — F.A.Geldard > hoard always implies a holding or storing up after acquisition, and usually concealment, sometimes suggesting miserly retention < hoarding money is not a safe way of saving — G.B.Shaw > < some delicacy that has been hoarded for weeks is brought forth for a guest — Maeanna Cheserton-Mangle > < newspapermen, hoarding their eloquent comments for their own typewriters — Leonard Lyons > II. |
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