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单词 accelerate
释义
accelerate
verb
uk
/əkˈsel.ə.reɪt/us
/əkˈsel.ɚ.eɪt/
C2[I]
When avehicleoritsdriveraccelerates, thespeedof thevehicleincreases:
（车辆或驾驶者）加速
I accelerated toovertakethebus.我加速超过了公共汽车。
Opposite
decelerate
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to get faster
  • speed upThe car sped up to 100 mph.
  • pick up speedThe hurricane is picking up speed as it approaches the coast.
  • gain speedAccidents often happen when a driver gains speed going downhill.
  • gather speedThe economic recovery was starting to gather speed.
  • accelerateThe vehicle accelerated around the turn.
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C2[I]
If apersonorobjectaccelerates, he, she, or it goesfaster.
（人或物的行动）加快
Opposite
decelerate
C1[IorT]
tohappenor make somethinghappensoonerorfaster:
（使）加快，（使）增速；促进；提前，（促使）早日发生
Inflation islikelyto accelerate thisyear,addingfurtherupwardpressureoninterestrates.今年通货膨胀可能会加剧，迫使利率持续走高。
They usespecialchemicalsto accelerate thegrowthofcrops.他们使用特殊的化学品来刺激农作物生长。
Opposite
decelerate
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to get faster
  • speed upThe car sped up to 100 mph.
  • pick up speedThe hurricane is picking up speed as it approaches the coast.
  • gain speedAccidents often happen when a driver gains speed going downhill.
  • gather speedThe economic recovery was starting to gather speed.
  • accelerateThe vehicle accelerated around the turn.
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More examples
  • Thedriveraccelerated on thebendandappearedtolosecontrolof thevehicle.
  • Wewatchedas themotorbikeaccelerated away into thedistance.
  • Thevandriveraccelerated everytimeItriedtoovertakehim.
  • Annegrippedmyhandas theplanebeganaccelerating along therunway.
  • You have to accelerategraduallyas yourundown thetrack, and then take abigjump.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
  • accelerant
  • accelerating
  • acceleration
  • catch
  • catch(someone)up
  • dampener
  • decelerate
  • downshift
  • foot
  • gas
  • gun
  • quicken
  • retard
  • retardation
  • self-accelerating
  • slacken
  • slow
  • throttle(something)back/down
  • upshift
  • upshifting
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Hurrying and doing things quickly
(Definition ofacceleratefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

accelerate| American Dictionary

accelerate
verb
us
/ɪkˈsel·əˌreɪt,æk-/

accelerateverb(GO FASTER)

[I]
tomovemorequickly, or to make somethinghappenfasterorsooner:
[I]Hesteppedon thegasand acceleratedrapidlytopassacar.

accelerateverb(INCREASE RATE)

[T]physics
to make something,esp. aprocessor a verysmallpieceofmatter,movefaster
(Definition ofacceleratefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

accelerate| Business English

accelerate
verb[IorT]
uk
/əkˈseləreɪt/us
to gofasteror make something gofaster:
Thecarcan accelerate to 60milesperhourin just 6seconds.
Inflation islikelyto accelerate thisyear,addingfurtherupwardpressureoninterestrates.
They usechemicaltreatmentsto accelerate thegrowthofcrops.
(Definition ofacceleratefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaccelerate

accelerate
Photoinhibition accelerated with increase of incident irradiance and relaxed in the afternoon.
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By rapidly accelerating the hip forward (flexion velocity and flexion moment), there is a positive power.
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Perhaps the more likely explanation is an accelerating decline in the marginal value of additional survival time (independent of pure time preference).
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Finally, ambulatory surgery or accelerated discharge programs are not appropriate for all breast cancer patients.
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The possible explanation is that long term in vitro culture alters donor cell metabolism, which accelerates the regression of donor cells.
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The presence of the spike accelerated their response kinetics and enhanced the peak membrane potential of bipolar cells.
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Although no maturation kinetics studies were carried out, this observation would indicate that meiotic maturation is accelerated after a period of inhibition.
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Both are the causes of matter's shape and its motion - inertial as well as accelerated.
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The principal instrument was accelerated implementation of concrete structural reforms such as privatisation.
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The development of larval nematodes in copepod intermediate hosts may be accelerated by increasing the temperature.
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Since some seeds are small, they could be carried into space in large numbers and accelerated toward distant targets.
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The instability of liquid sur faces when accelerated in a direction perpendicular to their planes.
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The results show that the asymmetry is produced by a significant fraction of high-energetic ions accelerated during the laser- cluster interaction.
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We see that the laser radiation blows off the electrons and accelerates them in the forward direction.
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The wire arrays are accelerated towards the axis of the hohlraum by the applied current.
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