Word · Frequency #8589
augment
增加，增长
enlarge or increase
- 1.
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
增加；使变大或补充。
- 2.
To grow; to increase; to become greater.
增长；增加；变大。
- 3.
To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
放慢速度或节拍,例如用于戏剧性或庄严的段落。
- 4.
To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
将音程(尤其是三和弦中最大的音程)增加半音。
- 5.
To add an augment to.
添加增音。
增加；使变大或补充。；增长；增加；变大。；放慢速度或节拍,例如用于戏剧性或庄严的段落。；将音程(尤其是三和弦中最大的音程)增加半音。；添加增音。
In use
The company plans to augment its workforce by hiring more engineers.
She augmented her income by taking on freelance projects.
We need to augment our resources to meet the growing demand.
augment + noun
The company plans to augment its workforce.
公司计划增加员工。
augment + noun + with + noun
用with引出增加的手段或工具。
She augmented her income with freelance work.
她通过自由职业增加收入。
augment + noun + by + verb-ing
They augmented the sound by adding more speakers.
Connections
Collocations
- augment income
- 增加收入
- He took on extra work to augment his income.他承担额外工作以增加收入。
- augment capacity
- 提高能力
- The training program aims to augment the staff's capacity.培训项目旨在提高员工的能力。
- augment security
- 加强安保
- The company decided to augment security after the break-in.公司在闯入事件后决定加强安保。
- augment team
- 扩充团队
- We need to augment our team with more developers.我们需要用更多开发者扩充团队。
- augment sales
- 增加销售额
- The marketing campaign helped augment sales by 20%.营销活动帮助增加了20%的销售额。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把'augment'拆成'aug'（联想八月August）和'ment'，想象八月丰收，收获增加。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：学术写作、技术文档 通常多用于正式、学术或技术性的书面表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均以 '-ment' 结尾，且结尾发音均为 /mənt/，与 'augment' 的结尾押韵。没有常见的以 '-ment' 结尾但发音不同的单词需特别警告。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.