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augmenting

/verb awg-ment; noun awg-ment/US // verb ɔgˈmɛnt; noun ˈɔg mɛnt //

增补,增强的,增补的,增益

Related Words

develop发展,开发,发展的,发育strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固intensify强化,加大,加强,加紧enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化add to加到,添加到,加至,加为multiply繁殖,繁衍,相乘,繁殖的reinforce增援,加强,加固,增兵build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的heighten增高,增强,提高,增高了enhance加强,增强,提高,提升inflate膨胀,充气,膨大,充气机boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促expand拓展,扩充,扩大,扩展amplify扩增,放大,扩音,扩容raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来extend延伸,延长,扩展,延续swell肿胀,胀大,膨胀,胀magnify凸显,放大,增大,凸现mount装载,装机,装入,装上increase增加,提高,增长,增

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.
    • : Music. to raise by a half step.to double the note values of: In the fugue's development the subject is augmented.
    • : Grammar. to add an augment to.
    • : Heraldry. to grant an augmentation to.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become larger.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Grammar. a prefixed vowel or a lengthening of the initial vowel that characterizes certain forms in the nonpresent inflection of verbs in Greek, Sanskrit, Armenian, and Phrygian.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake greater; improve
Synonyms
add to加到,添加到,加至,加为amplify扩增,放大,扩音,扩容boost推动,促进,促进发展,催促build up积累,建立,积累起来,积累起来的develop发展,开发,发展的,发育enhance加强,增强,提高,提升enlarge扩大,扩大范围,扩大规模,扩大化expand拓展,扩充,扩大,扩展heighten增高,增强,提高,增高了inflate膨胀,充气,膨大,充气机intensify强化,加大,加强,加紧multiply繁殖,繁衍,相乘,繁殖的reinforce增援,加强,加固,增兵strengthen加强,强化,增强,巩固aggrandize夸大其词,夸大,夸耀,夸大其辞build建立,建立一个compound复式,复合,复合物,复合式extend延伸,延长,扩展,延续grow增长,成长,长,壮大increase增加,提高,增长,增magnify凸显,放大,增大,凸现mount装载,装机,装入,装上pad垫子,衬垫,垫,垫板piggyback捎带,捎带着,捎带的,捎带式progress进展,进展情况,进步,进益raise提高,抬高,抬起,抬起来sweeten甜味剂,甜食,甜味,甜味的swell肿胀,胀大,膨胀,胀beef up强化,加大,加强,加紧努力tag on标记为,标记上,标记在,标记上的
Antonyms
abridge桥,桥牌,桥接,桥段compress压缩,压制,压迫,压紧condense浓缩,凝聚,凝结,凝练contract合同,签约,契约,契约书curtail缩减,削减,缩短,缩水decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足hurt伤害,负伤,伤痛,受伤的lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低lower较低的,较低,低层,低级reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小shorten缩短,简化,缩减,弄短shrink缩水,缩减,缩小,萎缩undermine损害,破坏,颠覆,削弱weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了decline衰退,减少,衰落,下降demolish拆毁,拆除,拆迁,拆卸depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的destroy毁灭,摧毁,销毁,毁坏diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱drop下降,跌落,掉落,滴raze突击检查,突袭,强化,突击队stop停止,停下来,停,停住degrade贬低,堕落,降级,退化

Examples

  • For most Americans, Social Security isn't augmenting private saving; private saving is (just barely) augmenting Social Security.

  • Today, Krugman weighs in, augmenting a point I made and then making yet another point.

  • A little crowd of idlers that had gathered was quickly augmenting now, and from some there came a cry of "Shame!"

  • He had, therefore, rejected the idea of lowering the present interest by augmenting the capital of the debt.

  • Thus, the ratio is augmenting in Illinois, and decreasing in Missouri.

  • Every footfall accelerated the completion, without augmenting, the certainty of evil.

  • The population exceeds forty thousand and is augmenting, and trade is in a flourishing condition.

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