| 单词 | amass |
| 释义 | amassWord family adjectiveamassableverbamassnounamassment a·mass /əˈmæs/ verb [transitiveT] GETif you amass money, knowledge, information etc, you gradually collect a large amount of it 积聚，积累，大量收集 For 25 years, Darwin amassed evidence to support his theories. 25年间，达尔文收集了大量证据来支持自己的理论。 He amassed a fortune after the war. ► see thesaurus at collect 战后，他积累了大量财富。 Examples from the Corpus amass• His father, of Gipton, Leeds, said his son had amassed a fortune.• He had time to amass a large repertoire of 32 concertos and many dozens of solo works.• Over the years he had amassed an absolute fortune.• On arrival in the New World, Tawell's wife found that her husband had amassed an immense fortune.• In Loreauville, Louisiana, twenty Republicans, mostly blacks, entered the city cheering and shouting profanities at the amassed Democrats.• Riordan has already amassed nearly $ 2 million in campaign contributions.• During the course of her lifetime, Mrs. Boone amassed over $5 million.• Under the old system many women amass secret savings unbeknown to their husbands.• How did you amass such a fortune?• The Lewins amassed their art collection over more than 40 years.• The sheer weight of dicta amassed was intimidating, but Mr. Ashworth conceded he could find no authority actually binding on me. amassed ... fortune• He was a career civil servant who had allegedly amassed a fortune.• His father, of Gipton, Leeds, said his son had amassed a fortune. From Longman Business Dictionary amassa·mass /əˈmæs/ verb [transitiveT] to collect a large amount of something gradually over a period of time, especially money or information She has amassed a £94 million fortune through her family’s hotel and banking chain. (1400-1500) Old French amasser, from masser “to gather into a mass” |
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