ac·com·pa·ny
verb/əˈkʌmpəni/
/əˈkʌmpəni/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accompany | /əˈkʌmpəni/ /əˈkʌmpəni/ |
| he / she / it accompanies | /əˈkʌmpəniz/ /əˈkʌmpəniz/ |
| past simple accompanied | /əˈkʌmpənid/ /əˈkʌmpənid/ |
| past participle accompanied | /əˈkʌmpənid/ /əˈkʌmpənid/ |
| -ing form accompanying | /əˈkʌmpəniɪŋ/ /əˈkʌmpəniɪŋ/ |
- (formal) to travel or go somewhere with somebody/something
陪同；陪伴 - accompany somebody/something + adv./prep. His wife accompanied him on the trip.
那次旅行他由妻子陪同。 - He was accompanied on the visit by his wife.
他这次访问由夫人陪同。 - I must ask you to accompany me to the police station.
我必须请你和我一起去警察局。 - accompany somebody/something Warships will accompany the convoy.
船队将由军舰护航。 - The groups are always accompanied by an experienced mountain guide.
登山队总有一名经验丰富的向导同行。 - Each young person must be accompanied by an adult.
每个年轻人必须有一名成人陪同。
- accompany somebody/something + adv./prep. His wife accompanied him on the trip.
- to happen or appear with something else
伴随；与…同时发生 - accompany something Shouts of protest accompanied this announcement.
公告刚一宣布就引来一片抗议声。 - accompanied by something strong winds accompanied by heavy rain
狂风夹着暴雨 - The text is accompanied by a series of stunning photographs.
文字附有一系列令人惊叹的照片。 - Tax cuts have been accompanied by massive increases in public expenditure.
减税伴随着公共支出的大幅增加。
- accompany something Shouts of protest accompanied this announcement.
- accompany somebody (at/on something) to play a musical instrument, especially a piano, while somebody else sings or plays the main tune
（尤指用钢琴）为…伴奏 - The singer was accompanied on the piano by her sister.
女歌手由她姐姐钢琴伴奏。
- The singer was accompanied on the piano by her sister.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French accompagner, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + compagne, from Old French compaignon ‘companion’. The spelling change was due to association with company.