accelerate

【发音】

美 /əkˈsɛləˌret/ 英 /ək'seləreɪt/

【翻译】

1. vt. 使加快， 使增速

   英释:if a process accelerates or if something accelerates it, it happens faster than usual or sooner than you expect

【记忆】

ac(表加强) ＋ celer(速度) ＋ ate(使…) → 使增速

【例句】

1. measures to accelerate the rate of economic growth

   加快经济增长速度的措施

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Although many researchers broadly agree that public access to raw data would accelerate science...

2. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...The pending bills would spend additional money to accelerate this effort...

3. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...Efforts to accelerate the current energy transitions didn't succeed as expected...

4. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...the process of urbanization will only accelerate in the decades to come — with an enormous impact on biodiversity and potentially on climate change...

【同、近义词】

1. vi.加速；促进；增加

   improve/increase speed/

【同根词】

1. adj

   accelerated : 加速的；加快的

   accelerating : 促进的，[物] 加速的；催化的

   accelerative : 加速的；促进的；催促的

   acceleratory : 加速的；催促的（等于accelerative）

2. n

   acceleration : 加速，促进；[物] 加速度

   accelerator : 油门；催化剂；[机] 加速装置

   accelerometer : [航][物] 加速计

3. v

   accelerated : 加速；促进（accelerate的变形）