accumulative
/uh-kyoo-myuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv/US // əˈkyu myəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv //
累积,积累性,积累性的,累积性
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
- : tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.
Synonyms & Antonyms
adj.increasing by additions
Examples
Their failure is of the everyday variety—accumulative and quietly disappointing.
Joy and pleasure are of a transitory nature only, while pain and sorrow are of a permanent and accumulative character.
Next: ‘Aia’ is generally an accumulative yet depreciative termination.
People with accumulative minds wander through the museum, very interesting, "Just look at this mosaic, John."
But the stimulus which one invention afforded to another gave an accumulative power to the application of new methods.
There is a well-marked distinction between the excitable and what I will call the accumulative temperament in patients.
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