add
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they add | |
| he / she / it adds | |
| past simple added | |
| past participle added | |
| -ing form adding |
- [transitive]
to put something together with something else so as to increase the size, number, amount, etc. 增加；添加 - add something
Next add the flour. 接着加面粉。 The juice contains no added sugar. 这种果汁没有加糖。 As an added bonus, the book includes many black-and-white photographs. 作为额外的奖励，这本书包括许多黑白照片。 Melt the butter, then add the onion. 融化黄油，然后加入洋葱。 The plan has the added (= extra) advantage of bringing employment to rural areas. 该计划还有一个优点，就是给农村地区带来了就业机会。 - add something to something
Shall I add your name to the list? 我可以把你的名字写进名单吗？ They are looking at ways to add further value to their products. 他们正在寻找为产品增加更多价值的方法。 There are a number of ways to add emphasis to words on a web page. 有许多方法可以增加网页上单词的重点。 A new wing was added to the building. 这栋大楼新添了一座配楼。 Chlorine is added to the water to kill bacteria. 在水中加氯杀菌
- add something
- [intransitive, transitive]
to put numbers or amounts together to get a total 加 He knew how to add and subtract. 他知道如何加减。 - add A to B
Add 9 to the total. 总数再加上 9。 - add A and B together
If you add all these amounts together you get a huge figure. 你把这些数目加在一起就会得到一个巨额数字。
- [transitive]
to say something more; to make a further remark 补充说；继续说 - + speech
‘And don't be late,’ she added. “还有别迟到。” 她补充说道。 - add something to something
I have nothing to add to my earlier statement. 我对我早先说的话没有什么补充的。 - add something
Do you have anything to add? 你有什么要补充的吗？ - add that…
He added that they would return a week later. 他接着说，他们一周以后会回来。 'The hotel is child-friendly,' she said, adding that special rates apply to children. 她说，这家酒店是儿童友好型的，并补充说，特殊价格适用于儿童。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hastily
- hurriedly
- quickly
- …
- hasten to
- + speech
- [transitive] add something (to something)
to give a particular quality to an event, a situation, etc. 添加（特色）
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put’.
Idioms
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add insult to injury
to make a bad relationship with somebody worse by offending them even more 伤害之余又侮辱；（冒犯别人）令关系恶化 Then, to add insult to injury, they told me I couldn't get on the flight. 更糟糕的是，他们随后又告诉我说我不能登机。 It adds insult to injury that banks are allowed to increase their charges without our knowledge or consent. 银行可以在我们不知情或者未同意的情况下提高收费，这可真是雪上加霜。 Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury, the floodlights went out during the second half. 只有区区300 人来看比赛，更糟糕的是，下半场连泛光灯都不亮了。