amplify [ 'æmpli.fai ]

v.扩大; 详述; 增强

You are supposed to amplify what happened.

你应该详述所发生的事。

The new manager wants to amplify the company.

新经理想要扩大公司。

近义词synonym

augment v. 增大；增加;

My maneger promised to augment my salary.

经理答应给我增加薪水。

broaden v.扩大;

The travel broadens my mind.

旅行使我增广见闻。

intensify v. 加强;

The war intensified.

战争更加激烈了。

词性变化 word-activity

amplification n. 扩大；

There is an amplification of size of the exhibition this year.

今年展会的规模扩大。

amplifier n. 扩音器,放大器

There is too many people here, so I have to use an amplifier to speak

人太多了,所以我不得不用扩音器来讲话。

反义词 antonym

abridge v. 缩减；

This story must be abridged.

这篇小说必须加以删减。

shrink v. 缩短

The skirt will shrink in the water.

这个裙子洗的时候会缩水.

学习测试---examination

We need a new power station to ______the power supply.

1. amplify; 2. amplification; 3. strengthen;