consolidate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they consolidate | |
| he / she / it consolidates | |
| past simple consolidated | |
| past participle consolidated | |
| -ing form consolidating |
- [transitive, intransitive] consolidate (something)
to make a position of power or success stronger so that it is more likely to continue 使加強；使鞏固 With this new movie he has consolidated his position as the country's leading director. 他新執導的影片鞏固了他作爲全國最佳導演的地位。 Italy consolidated their lead with a second goal. 意大利隊的第二個進球鞏固了其領先的地位。
- [transitive, intransitive] consolidate (something) (specialist)
to join things together into one; to be joined into one （使）結成一體，合並 All the debts have been consolidated. 所有債項均已合並。 consolidated accounts 合並賬目 The two companies consolidated for greater efficiency. 爲提高效率，這兩家公司已合並。
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘combine into a whole’): from Latin consolidare, from con- ‘together’ + solidare ‘make firm’ (from solidus ‘solid’).