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accelerate • speed (sth) up • speed • hasten • quicken
都表示加速和使事情更快地发生
句型：
► 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 ]
使(车辆或人)加速，使（事情）比预期更快发生
The epidemic is accelerating dramatically.
传染病迅速加剧。
He vowed to intensify efforts to accelerate the structural reform of the economy.
他宣称将尽力加速经济结构改革。
OPP[反] retard ; decelerate 推迟，使减速
Decelerate is more formal than accelerate , used mostly in writing: ( formal , written ) Economic growth decelerated sharply in January.
Decelerate比accelerate更正式，多用于文章：（正式，文章）一月经济增长大幅减缓。
► acceleration noun [ U , sing. ]: the acceleration of global warming
► acceleration名词 [U, 单数]: 全球变暖的增速
speed up ;speed sth up phrasal verb ( rather informal )
（使）加速 动词词组（相对非正式）
to move or happen faster; to make sth move or happen faster
（使某事）加速移动或发生
They have speeded up production of the new car.
他们加速了新车的生产。
OPP slow down
The opposite is slow down : Slow down! I can\'t keep up with you.
反义词组slow down 减速 : 慢点！我都跟不上你了。
speed [ T ] ( written )
to make sth happen sooner or faster, especially sb/sth\'s recovery or the development of sth
使...发生得更快，特别是某人或某事的恢复或发展
The daring new technique dramatically speeded up the construction process.
这项大胆的新技术显著地加速了建造进程。
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.
NOTE speed sth. up 和speed的区别
Speed比speed up更正式，其用于说明事情发生但不一般不用于表示车辆加速：The train soon speeded. 在这些含义中这两个动词（组）一般都用过去式和过去分词的常规形式(speeded, speeded)而不用不规则形式(sped, sped)。
hasten [ T ] ( written ) （书）
to make sth happen sooner or faster, especially the death, destruction or end of sb/sth
使某事加速或更快发生，特别是死亡，破坏或终结
The treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death.
事实上，她接受的治疗可能加速了她的死亡
OPP delay
反 delay 减速
quicken [ I , T ] ( written ) （书）
to become faster; to make sth faster
（使某事）更快
She felt her heartbeat quicken as he approached.
他走过来时她感到自己心跳加快了。
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 .
QUICKEN 一般用于修饰生物和身体相关的活动，比如心跳，脉搏，呼吸或步伐。
OPP slacken
The opposite is slacken : She slackened her pace a little ( = walked more slowly )
反义词是 slacken：她走得慢了一点。 |
