add
verb OPAL S
/æd/
/æd/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they add | /æd/ /æd/ |
| he / she / it adds | /ædz/ /ædz/ |
| past simple added | /ˈædɪd/ /ˈædɪd/ |
| past participle added | /ˈædɪd/ /ˈædɪd/ |
| -ing form adding | /ˈædɪŋ/ /ˈædɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] to put something together with something else so as to increase the size, number, amount, etc.
增加；添加 - add something Next add the flour.
接着加面粉。 - The juice contains no added sugar.
这种果汁没有加糖。 - As an added bonus, the book includes many black-and-white photographs.
作为额外福利，这本书加入了许多黑白照片。 - Melt the butter, then add the onion.
融化黄油，然后加入洋葱。 - The plan has the added (= extra) advantage of bringing employment to rural areas.
该计划还有一个优点，就是给农村地区带来了就业机会。 - add something to something Shall I add your name to the list?
我可以把你的名字写进名单吗？ - They are looking at ways to add further value to their products.
他们正在研究进一步增加产品附加值的方法。 - There are a number of ways to add emphasis to words on a web page.
有多种方法可以强调网页上的文字。 - A new wing was added to the building.
这栋大楼新添了一座配楼。 - Chlorine is added to the water to kill bacteria.
在水中加氯杀菌
- add something Next add the flour.
- [intransitive, transitive] to put numbers or amounts together to get a total
加 - He knew how to add and subtract.
他知道如何加法和减法。 - add A to B Add 9 to the total.
总数再加上 9。 - add A and B together If you add all these amounts together you get a huge figure.
你把这些数目加在一起就会得到一个巨额数字。
- He knew how to add and subtract.
- [transitive] to say something more; to make a further remark
补充说；继续说 - + speech ‘And don't be late,’ she added.
“还有别迟到。”她补充说道。 - add something to something I have nothing to add to my earlier statement.
我对我早先说的话没有什么补充的。 - add something Do you have anything to add?
您有什么要补充的吗？ - add that… He added that they would return a week later.
他接着说，他们一周以后会回来。 - ‘The hotel is child-friendly,’ she said, adding that special rates apply to children.
“这家酒店适合儿童入住，”她说，并补充说儿童可享受特价优惠。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hastily
- hurriedly
- quickly
- …
- hasten to
- + speech ‘And don't be late,’ she added.
- [transitive] add something (to something) to give a particular quality to an event, a situation, etc.
添加（特色） - The suite will add a touch of class to your bedroom.
这套家具会给你的卧室增添一些典雅气质。 - The Easter Festival added a new dimension to Salzburg's musical life.
复活节庆典为萨尔茨堡的音乐文化增添了新的特色。
- The suite will add a touch of class to your bedroom.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin addere, from ad- ‘to’ + the base of dare ‘put’.
Idioms
added to this… | add to this…
- used to introduce another fact that helps to emphasize a point you have already made
此外（还…） - Add to this the excellent service and you can see why it's the most popular hotel on the island.
这再加上优质服务，你就能明白为何这家旅馆在岛上最受欢迎。
- Add to this the excellent service and you can see why it's the most popular hotel on the island.
add insult to injury
- to make a bad relationship with somebody worse by offending them even more
伤害之余又侮辱；（冒犯别人）令关系恶化 - Then, to add insult to injury, they told me I couldn't get on the flight.
更糟糕的是，他们随后又告诉我说我不能登机。 - It adds insult to injury that banks are allowed to increase their charges without our knowledge or consent.
银行可以在我们不知情或者未同意的情况下提高收费，这可真是雪上加霜。 - Only 300 people came to the match and, to add insult to injury, the floodlights went out during the second half.
只有 300 人到场观看比赛，雪上加霜的是，下半场泛光灯就熄灭了。
- Then, to add insult to injury, they told me I couldn't get on the flight.