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 The mist had been replaced by a kind of haze that seemed to amplify the heat...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

• The encoder electronics amplify these signals and convert them into different output levels.
  入码器电子学放大这些向而且作信号把他们转换成不同的输出层次。
• 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。
• 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。
• '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。
• We must ask you to amplify your statement.
  我们得请你对你的说法作进一步的表示。
• I therefore propose to amplify them somewhat before beginning my survey of the drama itself.
  因此，我建议他们稍微放大，然后再开始调查，我的戏剧本身。
• 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。
• The mist had been replaced by a kind of haze that seemed to amplify the heat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。
• 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。
• A strain gauge is used as a pressure sensor and an integrated instrument amplifier is used as amplify signals.
  采用应变计作为压力敏感元件，采用集成仪表放大器对微信号进行放大。