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x-ace 发表于 2009-11-21 14:01

amplify扩大; 详述; 增强

amplify [ ’æmpli.fai ]
v.扩大; 详述; 增强
You are supposed to amplify what happened.

你应该详述所发生的事。

The new manager wants to amplify the company.

新经理想要扩大公司。
  

近义词synonym
augment  v. 增大;增加;

My maneger promised to augment my salary.

经理答应给我增加薪水。

broaden v.扩大;

The travel broadens my mind.

旅行使我增广见闻。

intensify  v. 加强;

The war intensified.

战争更加激烈了。
  

词性变化 word-activity

amplification n. 扩大;

There is an amplification of size of the exhibition this year.

今年展会的规模扩大。

amplifier n. 扩音器,放大器

There is too many people here, so I have to use an amplifier to speak
人太多了,所以我不得不用扩音器来讲话。
  
反义词 antonym
abridge v. 缩减;

This story must be abridged.

这篇小说必须加以删减。
shrink v. 缩短
The skirt will shrink in the water.
这个裙子洗的时候会缩水.
  
学习测试---examination
We need a new power station to ______the power supply.
1. amplify; 2. amplification; 3.  strengthen;

Faila 发表于 2011-9-1 07:55

We need a new power station to[u] amplify[/u] the power supply.

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