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a.填补一下相应单词的中文释义（有一词多义的其他词义也请给出），市场统一零售价5考元一个释义
b.每个单词下面的例句有兴趣有时间翻译的同学也可翻译一下方便他人，市场统一零售价10考元一个句子翻译
c.有任何想法烦请大家提出来，大家一起提高O(∩_∩)O  本期词汇：
accelerate • speed (sth) up • speed • hasten • quicken
These words all mean to go faster or make sth happen faster.
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
► to accelerate/speed up/speed/hasten/quicken the pace/progress (of sth)
► to accelerate/speed up/speed/hasten the development (of sth)
► to accelerate/speed/hasten the death of sb/sth
► to greatly accelerate/speed up/speed/hasten sth
accelerate [ I , T ]
(of a vehicle or person) to start to go faster; to happen or make sth happen faster or sooner than expected
The epidemic is accelerating dramatically.
He vowed to intensify efforts to accelerate the structural reform of the economy.
OPP retard ; decelerate
Decelerate is more formal than accelerate , used mostly in writing: ( formal , written ) Economic growth decelerated sharply in January.
► acceleration noun [ U , sing. ]: the acceleration of global warming
speed up ;speed sth up phrasal verb ( rather informal )
to move or happen faster; to make sth move or happen faster
They have speeded up production of the new car.
OPP slow down
The opposite is slow down : Slow down! I can't keep up with you.
speed [ T ] ( written )
to make sth happen sooner or faster, especially sb/sth's recovery or the development of sth
The daring new technique dramatically speeded up the construction process.
NOTE speed sth up or speed?
Speed is more formal than speed sth up and it is used to talk about making things happen faster but not vehicles moving faster : The train soon speeded. In this meaning of both these verbs always use the regular form of the past tense and past participle ( speeded, speeded ); the irregular forms ( sped, sped ) are not used.
hasten [ T ] ( written )
to make sth happen sooner or faster, especially the death, destruction or end of sb/sth
The treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death.
OPP delay
quicken [ I , T ] ( written )
to become faster; to make sth faster
She felt her heartbeat quicken as he approached.
Quicken is often used to talk about sth that is connected with living and the body, such as sb's heartbeat, pulse, breathing or pace .
OPP slacken
The opposite is slacken : She slackened her pace a little ( = walked more slowly )
[ 本帖最后由 sudapapa 于 2010-3-11 18:44 编辑 ] |
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