Word · Frequency #26671
augmentation
增加；增大；加强
the act of augmenting; making something greater in size, amount, or strength
- 1.
The act or process of augmenting.
- 2.
An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.
- 3.
A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
- 4.
A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
- 5.
The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
- 6.
A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
- 7.
An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
增加量；增长量；增量；主题时值扩大；增时；增加；增长；增加物；[医] 增进
In use
The augmentation of the team's budget allowed them to purchase new equipment.
We noticed a clear augmentation in customer satisfaction after the redesign.
The gradual augmentation of the signal improved the quality of the broadcast.
augmentation of sth
表示“对某事物的扩充或增加”，of 后接被增加的对象；侧重动作或过程，通常作不可数名词。
The augmentation of the library's collection took several months.
图书馆馆藏的扩充花了几个月时间。
augmentation in sth
表示数量或程度上的增加，常与 a/an 连用；in 后接发生变化的领域，多用于医学或统计语境。
The scans showed a marked augmentation in blood flow to the injured area.
扫描显示受伤区域的血流量有了明显增加。
in augmentation
音乐术语，指将主题音符的时值成倍延长（通常为原时值的两倍）后再现。
Connections
Collocations
- data augmentation
- 数据增强（通过变换扩大训练数据集的方法）
- Data augmentation helps prevent overfitting in deep learning models.数据增强有助于防止深度学习模型过拟合。
- breast augmentation
- 隆胸手术；乳房增大术
- She is considering breast augmentation next year.她在考虑明年做隆胸手术。
- staff augmentation
- 人员扩充；人力补充
- The project was completed on time with staff augmentation.通过人员扩充，项目按时完成了。
- augmentation of the theme
- 主题时值扩大（音乐中拉长主题音符时值）
- The finale uses augmentation of the theme to create a grand effect.终乐章使用了主题时值扩大来营造宏大效果。
Synonyms
- increase
- 增加；增长 · 最常用，泛指数量、程度或规模的增加，不强调具体方式。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把开头“aug”联想为“August八月”，秋天收获让储备增加，所以 augmentation 就是“增加、增量”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、学术论文、医学或技术报告 在表示“增加、加强”时，augmentation 多用于正式或专业书面语，比较常见于学术写作、官方报告以及医学或技术文件；日常口语中更常说 increase 或 boost。
Grammar Note
作可数名词时，复数形式为 augmentations。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /ʃən/ 音结尾（拼作 -tion），与 augmentation 的重读尾音 /teɪʃən/ 押韵。注意拼写相近的 augment（/ɔːɡˈment/）以 /ment/ 结尾，发音完全不同。
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.