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单词 amplify
释义 amplify
 —amplifiable,  adj.  
 /am"pleuh fuy'/,  v.  , amplified, amplifying.
  v.t.  
  1. to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
  2. to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations; clarify by expanding.
  3.  Elect.   to increase the amplitude of; cause amplification in.
  4.  Archaic.   to exaggerate.
  v.i.  
  5. to discourse at length; expatiate or expand one's remarks, speech, etc. (usually fol. by on): The preacher amplified on the theme of brotherly love.
 [1375-1425; late ME amplifyen < MF amplifier < L amplificare to increase, augment. See AMPLE, -IFY]
 Syn. 1. increase, intensify, heighten. 2. widen, broaden, develop.
 Ant. 1. contract, reduce. 2. condense, abridge.
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