accelerate: [16] Accelerate comes from Latin accelerāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ad- (ac- before /k/ sounds) and celerāre ‘hurry’. Celerāre, in turn, derived from the adjective celer ‘fast’ (which gave English celerity [15] and is ultimately related to hold).
accelerate (v.)
1520s, from Latin acceleratus, past participle of accelerare "to hasten, quicken," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + celerare "hasten," from celer "swift" (see celerity). Related: Accelerated; accelerating.
中文解释
物理中用 a 表示加速度，其中的 a 就是单词 acceleration 的首字母缩写，而 accelerate 是该词的动词形式。
实用例句
1. We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.
我们应当为落后的祖国加快变革的脚步。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Perhaps the fact that the car was tailgating him made him accelerate.
或许是因为那辆汽车跟得太紧，他才加速的。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Inflation continues to accelerate.
通货膨胀不断加速。
来自《权威词典》
4. Our country should accelerate the economic growth.
