Accelerate

[ək'seləreɪt] or [ək'sɛləret]

解释:

(verb.) move faster; 'The car accelerated'.

(verb.) cause to move faster; 'He accelerated the car'.

编辑:谢恩--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.

(v. t.) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc.

(v. t.) To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure.

格斯编辑

同义词及近义词：

v. a. Hasten, expedite, hurry, quicken, speed, precipitate, despatch, urge forward, push forward, push on, press on, urge on.

编辑:马克斯

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Hasten, urge, expedite, quicken, speed, urge_on, press_forward, hurry, promote,dispatch, facilitate

ANT:Delay, obstruct, impede, clog, retard, hinder, shackle, drag

编辑:奥尔加

解释:

v.t. to increase the speed of: to hasten the progress of.—n. Accelerā′tion the act of hastening: increase of speed.—adj. Accel′erative quickening.—n. Accel′erator one who or that which accelerates: a light van to take mails between a post-office and a railway station.—adj. Accel′eratory.

手打:鲁迪