| 单词 | gather speed/force/momentum etc |
| 释义 | gather speed/force/momentum etcgather speed/force/momentum etc INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTto move faster, become stronger, get more support etc 加快速度/加大力量/增强势头等 The cart gathered speed as it coasted down the hill. 手推车沿着山坡下滑，速度越来越快。 The international relief effort appears to be gathering momentum. 国际救灾行动的力度似乎在日益加强。 Examples from the Corpus gather speed/force/momentum etc• I said as the train gathered speed.• I waited for it to gather momentum.• The strikes continue to gather momentum.• Voucher trouble Shopworkers' union Usdaw has threatened to boycott the government's voucher system for asylum seekers as protests gather momentum.• Then the van rolls forward, gathers speed, and drifts on by.• The big trimotor gathered speed and roared off down the harbor for more than a mile but never got close to liftoff.• She lifted it over the fence and set off across the little meadow, gathering speed and thoroughly enjoying it.• These Christians were slow to gather forces for a Reconquista. → gather speed/force/momentum etc at gather1(1) |
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