Accrue
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. ( 利息等) 增大;增多
- [英] v. ( 利息等) 增大 ( increase the interest on money) ; 增多 ( to accumulate)
- [记] ac+crue ( 增加)
- [例] The interest on my bank account accrued over the years.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (accrued; accruing)
- Etymology: Middle English acreuen, probably from Anglo-French *acrue increase, from acreistre to increase, from Latin accrescere, from ad- + crescere to grow — more at crescent
- Date: 15th century
- intransitive verb
- 1. to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim
- 2.
- a. to come about as a natural growth, increase, or advantage the wisdom that accrues with age
- b. to come as a direct result of some state or action rewards due to the feminine will accrue to me — Germaine Greer
- 3. to accumulate or be added periodically interest accrues on a daily basis
- transitive verb
- to accumulate or have due after a period of time accrue vacation time
- • accruable adjective
- • accruement noun