amplify /ˈæmplɪˌfaɪ/ CET6 TEM4 ( amplifying, amplified, amplifies )

• 1. 

  V-T If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment. 扩大 (声音)

  例：

  This landscape seemed to trap and amplify sounds.

  这种地形好像能聚拢和扩大声音。

  例：

  The music was amplified with microphones.

  那音乐被麦克风扩大了。

• 2. 

  amplification N-UNCOUNT 扩音

  例：

  ...a voice that needed no amplification.

  …一个不需要扩音的嗓门。

• 3. 

  V-T To amplify something means to increase its strength or intensity. 增强

  例：

  The mist had been replaced by a kind of haze that seemed to amplify the heat.

  这薄雾已经被一种热汽代替了，这似乎加重了炎热的程度。