Word · Frequency #9902
amplifying
增强；扩大；放大
amplifying is the present participle of amplify.
To make something bigger, stronger, or more intense.
- 1.
To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
使更大、更扩展或更强烈。
- 2.
To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
通过添加或评论来扩大；通过增加细节、说明等详细论述；展开。
- 3.
To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
增大某物的幅度,尤指电流。
- 4.
To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
在译文中添加原文没有的内容,通常以提高翻译的流畅度。
详述；扩充；进一步阐明；放大（电信号等）；增加振幅；增译；补充（翻译）内容；使更大、更扩展或更强烈。；通过添加或评论来扩大；通过增加细节、说明等详细论述；展开。
In use
The speaker used a microphone to amplify his voice so everyone could hear.
The new policy will amplify the impact of small businesses on the local economy.
Scientists use lasers to amplify light signals for precise measurements.
amplify + noun
及物动词，后接被增强的宾语。
The new system will amplify the signal.
新系统将放大信号。
amplify on/upon + noun
不及物用法，表示详细阐述。
He amplified on his earlier remarks.
他进一步阐述了他先前的评论。
Verb forms
base amplify · third person amplifies · -ing amplifying · past amplified · past participle amplified
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- amplify sound
- 放大声音
- The microphone amplifies sound.麦克风放大声音。
- amplify voice
- 放大嗓音
- He used a loudspeaker to amplify his voice.他用了扩音器来放大嗓音。
- amplify signal
- 放大信号
- This device amplifies the radio signal.这个设备放大无线电信号。
- amplify effects
- 放大效果
- The special effects were amplified by the lighting.灯光放大了特效。
- amplify fears
- 放大恐惧
- The news amplified public fears about the disease.这条新闻放大了公众对疾病的恐惧。
- amplify message
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将声音放大，可联想放大器（amplifier）的缩写 'amp'。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：audio engineering、public speaking、figurative use 通常用于技术或正式场合（如音频工程、演讲），也常见于比喻义（夸大）。
Grammar Note
可作及物或不及物动词；不及物时常用介词 on 表示详述
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ify often share the same spelling but differ in stressed vowel and following sounds; none of these rhyme with amplify.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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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