v.積累；增加；聚集

They set out to accumulate a huge mass of data. 他們開始積累大量的資料。

Dust and dirt soon accumulates if a house is not cleaned regularly. 房屋不經(jīng)常打掃,塵土很快就越積越多。

True poetry accumulates meaning every time it is read. 真正好詩愈念涵義愈豐富。

However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate. 然而，當(dāng)證據(jù)日趨增多時，該動物園的專家們感到有必要進(jìn)行調(diào)查。

Over the years, I had accumulated hundreds of books. 多年來,我收集了幾百本書。

accumulate用于具體名詞時意為“堆積”,用于抽象名詞時意為“積聚”,指積少成多,從而達(dá)到一定的規(guī)模。用作及物動詞時,可接名詞或代詞作賓語。

accumulate 通常不以指人的詞作賓語,若以指人的詞作賓語,則含把人當(dāng)成物來對待的意味,有貶義。

accumulate還可用作不及物動詞,指數(shù)量的逐漸增加或質(zhì)量的漸漸提高。