augment1
KK: [ɒɡˈmɛnt]
DJ: [ɒːɡˈmеnt]
vt.
- 擴大;增加;加強;提高
The impact of the report was
augmented by its timing.
由於發表的時間選得好,這篇報導的影響更大了。
- 【語】在……上增音
vi.
- 擴大;增加
Fatigue
augments as the day wears on.
隨著白晝漸漸消逝,人會覺得越來越疲倦。
衍生
辨析
augment2
KK: [ˈɒɡmɛnt]
DJ: [ˈɒːɡmǝnt]
n.
- 【廢】擴大;增加
- 【語】(希臘文和梵文的動詞過去時在字首的)增音[C]
/
ɔːgˈmɛnt/
v.
- make greater by addition; increase.
-
[as adj. augmented]
Music denoting an interval which is one semitone greater than the corresponding major or perfect interval.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. augmenter (v.), augment (n.), or late L. augmentare, from L. augere ‘to increase’.