add /æd/ CET4 TEM4 ( adding, added, adds )

• 1. 

  V-T If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it. 添加

  例：

  Add the grated cheese to the sauce.

  把磨碎的奶酪加进那种酱中。

  例：

  Since 1908, chlorine has been added to drinking water.

  自从1908年起，氯就被添加到饮用水当中了。

• 2. 

  V-T If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total. 加

  例：

  Banks add all the interest and other charges together.

  银行把所有利息和其他费用加在一起。

• 3. 

  V-I If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount. 增加

  例：

  This latest incident will add to the pressure on the White House.

  最近的这起事件会给白宫增加更多的压力。

• 4. 

  V-T To add a particular quality to something means to cause it to have that quality. 增添 (某种特性)

  例：

  The generous amount of garlic adds flavour.

  大量的蒜会增添滋味。

• 5. 

  V-T If you add something when you are speaking, you say something more. (讲话) 补充

  例：

  "You can tell that he is extremely embarrassed," Mr. Montoya added.

  “你可以看出他是非常尴尬的，”蒙托亚先生补充道。

• 6. 

  V-I If you can add, you are able to calculate the total of numbers or amounts. 做加法 [美国英语]

  例：

  More than a quarter of seven-year-olds cannot add properly.

  超过1/4的7岁儿童不会正确地做加法。