Amplify



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.放大; 详述
• ［英］ v.放大 ( to make larger;extend) ; 详述 ( to develop with details)
• ［记］ ampl ( 大) +ify -> 使大, 放大
• ［同］ 派生词: amplification ( n. 扩大, 充实) ; amplified ( adj. 扩大的, 充实的) ; amplifier ( n. 放大器)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-fied; -fying)

• Etymology: Middle English amplifien, from Middle French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to expand (as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis
  • 2.
    • a. to make larger or greater (as in amount, importance, or intensity) ; increase
    • b. to increase the strength or amount of; especially to make louder
    • c. to cause (a gene or DNA sequence) to undergo amplification
• intransitive verb
  • to expand one's remarks or ideas
• Synonyms: see expand

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