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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. 1
    • : tending to accumulate or arising from accumulation; cumulative.
    • : tending to accumulate wealth; acquisitive.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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.