Amass
[ə'mæs]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.
(n.) A mass; a heap.
錄入:罗莎莉
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Accumulate, gather, aggregate, pile up, heap up, scrape together, collect together, rake up, gather into a heap or pile.
整理:罗莎
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Collect, accumulate, aggregate, heap, gather, store_up, hoard, pile_up
ANT:Divide, dissipate, waste, scatter, disperse, parcel, portion, spend
校對:维多利亚
解釋/意思:
v.t. to gather in large quantity: to accumulate.—adjs. Amass′able.—pa.p. Amassed′.—n. Amass′ment.
錄入:欧文
例句/造句/用法:
- The canton of Berne is the single republic in Europe which has amassed any considerable treasure. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- If it has amassed a treasure, it may lend a part of that treasure, either to foreign states, or to its own subjects. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Year after year he quietly and modestly amassed money, and when at length that snug and complete bachelor's residence at No. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Is it not thus that fire is amassed, and makes the greatest part of the substance of combustible bodies? 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Mere amassing of information apart from the direct interests of life makes mind wooden; elasticity disappears. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- What now avails all my toil and labour in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot live to enjoy? 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
編輯:弗吉尼亚