Addition



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 增加, 附加
• ［英］ 加 ( act of putting sth together with sth else so as to increase the size, number, amount)
• ［记］ add ( 增加) +ition;
• ［同］ 派生词: additional ( adj.附加的, 外加的)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: addicion Anglo-French, from Latin addition-, additio, from addere
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a part added (as to a building or residential section)
• 2. the result of adding ; increase
• 3. the act or process of adding; especially the operation of combining numbers so as to obtain an equivalent simple quantity
• 4. direct chemical combination of substances into a single product

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