Word · Frequency #5328
accelerate
加速；加快
to become faster or to make something faster
- 1.
To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
使移动更快；加快运动；增加速度
- 2.
To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
加快自然或通常的进程或过程
- 3.
To cause a change of velocity.
引起速度变化
- 4.
To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
加速,如事件的发生
- 5.
To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
使学生能在少于正常时间内完成学业
- 6.
To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
变得更快；开始更快移动
- 7.
Grow; increase.
加快；促进；促使；增长；增加；使提前完成学业；让（学生）跳级；使变速；加速；使移动更快；加快运动；增加速度
In use
The car accelerated quickly when the traffic light turned green.
The government is accelerating its efforts to improve public transportation.
Warming temperatures accelerate the melting of glaciers.
accelerate sth
及物用法，后接名词或代词作宾语。
The government accelerated the project.
政府加速了该项目。
accelerate
不及物用法，单独使用，常与副词连用。
The car accelerated quickly.
汽车迅速加速。
accelerate to sth
后接to表示加速达到某种状态或数值。
The plane accelerated to cruising speed.
Connections
Collocations
- accelerate growth
- 加速增长
- The company plans to accelerate growth by expanding into new markets.该公司计划通过拓展新市场来加速增长。
- accelerate development
- 加速发展
- New technologies are helping to accelerate development in rural areas.新技术正在帮助加速农村地区的发展。
- accelerate the process
- 加快进程
- We need to find ways to accelerate the process without sacrificing quality.我们需要找到在不牺牲质量的情况下加快进程的方法。
- accelerate innovation
- 加速创新
- The government is investing in research to accelerate innovation in clean energy.政府正在投资研究以加速清洁能源领域的创新。
- accelerate change
- 加速变革
- Digital transformation can accelerate change across the entire organization.数字化转型可以加速整个组织的变革。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想汽车油门踏板（accelerator），踩下即加速。
Context & Register
语域：中性偏正式。常见语境：科技、商业、交通、日常生活。说明：既用于正式书面语，也常用于口语，但偏正式场合更多。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only decelerate rhymes exactly with accelerate (/-ɛləreɪt/). Other -ate verbs like moderate, generate, operate, and separate have stress on the first syllable and different vowels. Celebrate looks similar but its ending is /-ɛlɪbreɪt/, not /-ɛləreɪt/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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