accumulate

vi. 累积；积聚

vt. 积攒

中文词源

accumulate 积累

前缀ac-同ad-. 词根cum, 块，堆，见encumber,大块，阻碍。此处指堆积成块。

accumulate: accumulate: [16] Accumulate was borrowed from Latin accumulāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix ad-, here meaning ‘in addition’, and cumulāre ‘heap up’ (the source of English cumulative). Cumulāre itself derived from cumulus ‘heap’; English adopted this with its original Latin meaning in the 17th century, but it was not until the early 19th century that it was applied (by the meteorologist Luke Howard) to mountainous billowing cloud formations.
=> cumulative, cumulus
accumulate (v.): 1520s, from Latin accumulatus, past participle of accumulare "to heap up" (see accumulation). Related: Accumulated; accumulating.

1. ac- "in addition" + cumul- + -ate.2. 含义：heap up, amass.

2. Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.: 铅会在体内积聚直至造成铅中毒。

3. However, as evidence began to accumulate, experts felt obliged to investigate.: 然而, 由于证据开始增多了, 专家们感到必须进行调查了.

5. It was his ambition to accumulate a million dollars before he turned thirty.: 他立志要在而立之年以前攒够100万美元。