amplify

英 [ˈæmplɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈæmplɪfaɪ]

v.  放大，增强(声音等); 阐发，充实(故事、事情、陈述等)

过去分词：amplified　过去式：amplified　现在分词：amplifying　第三人称单数：amplifies　

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同义词辨析

amplifyenlargeexpandincrease【导航词义：扩大，增加】

牛津词典

verb

• 放大，增强（声音等）
  to increase sth in strength, especially sound
  1. to amplify a guitar/an electric current/a signal
     放大吉他声音 / 电流 / 信号
• 阐发，充实（故事、事情、陈述等）
  to add details to a story, statement, etc.
  1. She refused to amplify further.
     她拒绝提供详情。
  2. You may need to amplify this point.
     你可能需要对这一点进一步予以说明。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （通常用电子设备）放大，扩大（声音）
  If youamplifya sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
  1. This landscape seemed to trap and amplify sounds...
     这种地貌好像可以笼住并放大声音。
  2. The music was amplified with microphones...
     音乐声通过麦克风被放大。
  3. 'This is the police,' came the amplified voice from the helicopter.
     “我们是警察，”直升机上传来扩音器中的声音。
• VERB 增强；加强
  Toamplifysomething means to increase its strength or intensity.
  1. The mist had been replaced by a kind of haze that seemed to amplify the heat...
     薄雾散了，取而代之的是一种似乎更添酷热的烟霭。
  2. Her anxiety about the world was amplifying her personal fears about her future.
     她对世界的忧虑加剧了她对自己未来的恐惧。

英英释义

verb

• increase the volume of
  1. amplify sound
• exaggerate or make bigger
  1. The charges were inflated
  Synonym:inflateblow upexpand
• increase in size, volume or significance
  1. Her terror was magnified in her mind
  Synonym:magnify
• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  1. tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
  Synonym:overstateexaggerateoverdrawhyperbolizehyperbolisemagnify

双语例句

• If you constantly think and talk about your partner's flaws it can amplify your discontent.
  如果你不停地考虑并谈论你伴侣的缺点，这会放大你的不满。
• By turning this knob to the right you can amplify the sound from this radio.
  把这个旋扭向右转你就可以增大收音机的音量。
• The closure, even temporarily, of payment systems and cash machines would amplify the problems.
  支付系统和ATM机的关闭（即便只是暂时的）可能放大问题。
• By advertising widely, a manufacturer can amplify the demand for a product.
  一个厂主能用广泛地做广告的办法来扩大产品的需求量。
• This will amplify the impact of our activities and our resources.
  这将扩大我们各项活动和资源的影响。
• A tube or circuit designed to amplify both voltage and current.
  为放大电压和电流两者而设计的一种电子管或电路。
• The researchers used a technique called polymerase chain reaction to rapidly amplify tiny pieces of bacterial DNA.
  研究人员使用了一种被称作聚合酶链式反应的方法可以快速扩增细菌DNA的微小片断。
• Can you amplify the sound so we can hear it better?
  你能把声音放大点吗？这样我们可以听的更爽？
• Excessive use of leverage, derivatives or short-selling have all helped amplify market chaos in the past year.
  对杠杆、衍生品或卖空的过度运用在过去一年中都加大了市场的动荡。
• We are using this transistor to amplify a telephone signal.
  我们正在使用这种晶体管来放大电话信号。