(of a vehicle or other physical object)begin to move more quickly
(车辆或其他物体)加速
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the car accelerated towards her .汽车朝她加速冲去。
increase in amount or extent
(数量或程度上)增加,增长
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inflation started to accelerate 通货膨胀开始加剧
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[as adj.
accelerating ]accelerating industrial activity .越来越多的工业活动。
【物理】 变速。
[with obj.]cause to go faster
使加速;加快
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the key question is whether stress accelerates ageing .核心问题是压力是否会加快衰老。
"early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘hasten the occurrence of’): from Latin