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单词 accumulate
释义
accumulate
verb
uk
/əˈkjuː.mjə.leɪt/us
/əˈkjuː.mjə.leɪt/
C2[T]
tocollectalargenumberof things over alongperiodoftime:
积累；积聚；积攒
Aspeopleaccumulate morewealth, theytendtospendagreaterproportionoftheirincomes.人们积累了更多财富后，他们的花费占收入的比重也往往会增加。
Thecompanysaid thedebtwas accumulated duringitsacquisitionof nineindividualbusinesses.该公司称其在收购9家个体公司的过程中，债务越积越多。
We've accumulated so muchrubbishover theyears.多年来我们已经堆积了这么多的垃圾。
C2[I]
tograduallyincreaseinnumberoramount:
逐渐增加；逐渐升高
Athicklayerofdusthad accumulated in theroom.房间里积了厚厚一层灰尘。
If you don't go through thepapersonyourdeskon aregularbasis, they justkeepon accumulating.如果你不去定期整理办公桌上的文件，它们就会越积越多。
More examples
  • It can bedangeroustolettoo muchsootaccumulate inside achimney.
  • During asuccessfulbusinesscareer, she accumulated agreatamountofwealth.
  • After alongcareerin theantiquestrade, Harry had accumulated manyraretreasures.
  • Duringoursixyearsin thishouse, weseemto have accumulated anawfullot ofjunk.
  • Why don't you just do a littleironingevery now and then,insteadoflettingit accumulate?
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  • scrapesomething/someonetogether/up
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Increasing and intensifying
(Definition ofaccumulatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

accumulate| American Dictionary

accumulate
verb[I/T]
us
/əˈkjum·jəˌleɪt/
tocollectorincreasesomethinggradually,esp. over aperiodoftime:
[T]We’ve accumulated a lot ofjunkover theyears.
[T]He accumulated afortunein themusicbusiness.

accumulation

noun[C/U]us
/əˌkjum·jəˈleɪ·ʃən/
[U]the accumulation ofwealth
(Definition ofaccumulatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

accumulate| Business English

accumulate
verb
uk
/əˈkjuːmjəleɪt/us
[I]
tograduallyincreaseinamount:
While thedeficitwasallowedto accumulate, nothing was done toaddresstheproblem.
[T]
tocollectanamountof something over aperiodoftime:
Thetableshowswhat you need tosavemonthlyto accumulate $1 million byage65.
accumulate/debts/losses/wealthThereportalso said afurther90,000householdshad accumulatedwealthof more than £1m.
(Definition ofaccumulatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaccumulate

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Dislocations of the walls are also due to the accumulating odometry errors of the platform.
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The achievements accumulated after his practical turn brought him finally back to questions of a theory of motion from which he had once started.
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Over the period from 1977 to 1997, we accumulated more than $3 trillion of national debt.
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We make the realistic assumption that the manufacturing good alone is used for accumulating capital.
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The asset is held only as a means of accumulating wealth.
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One to four scans were accumulated depending on signal intensity.
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Tb is the theoretical temperature above which thermal time is accumulated after temperature enters that permissive thermal range.
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Depressions where litter had accumulated and from which bryophytes were absent were also unfavourable to recruitment.
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The accumulating evidence indicates that some taxa have great capacity to produce large and persistent seed banks.
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We accumulated other ecological information that had not been previously reported from sympatric populations of these two species.
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By electrolysis, the heavy water separated into oxygen, which collected at the platinum electrode, and deuterium, which accumulated at the palladium electrode.
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The large amount of carbon fixed by mangroves gets accumulated a nd stored for a long period in underground parts.
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Evidence accumulated over the years suggests that release of spermatozoa from the reservoir is due to surface changes associated with capacitation.
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Transcriptionally active oocytes are probably still accumulating the products required for oocyte maturation and preimplantation embryo development.
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Presidential nominations are won by accumulating delegates from a sequential series of state-based primaries and caucuses.
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