multiply
英 ['mʌltɪplaɪ]
美['mʌltɪplaɪ]
- vt. 乘；使增加；使繁殖；使相乘
- vi. 乘；繁殖；增加
- adv. 多样地；复合地
- adj. 多层的；多样的
词态变化
第三人称单数: multiplies;过去式: multiplied;过去分词: multiplied;现在分词: multiplying;
中文词源
multiply 乘，乘以，繁殖，多倍
multi-,许多，多个，-ply,倍数，词源同imply,comply.引申词义繁殖。
英英释意
- 1. combine by multiplication;
- "multiply 10 by 15"
- 2. combine or increase by multiplication;
- "He managed to multiply his profits"
- 3. have young (animals);
- "pandas rarely breed in captivity"
- 4. have offspring or young;
- "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"
- "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"
英文词源
- multiply
- multiply: [13] Multiply is one of a large family of English words based on Latin multus ‘much’, a word of uncertain origin which may be related to Greek mála ‘very’ and Latin melior ‘better’. Multiply itself comes from the Latin derivative multiplicāre, formed with the element plic- ‘fold’ found also in complicated, explicit, etc, and therefore very closely parallel to the native English compound manifold.
Other members of the family include multiple [17], from late Latin multiplus (the -plus is a relative of the -plic- in multiplicāre); multitude [14], from Latin multitūdō ‘crowd’, formed with the abstract noun suffix -tūdō; and of course the host of words formed since the 16th century with the prefix multi-, including multifarious [17] (based on Latin -fārius ‘doing’), multilateral [17], multinational [20], multiracial [20], and multistorey [20].
=> fold - multiply (v.)
- mid-12c., multeplier, "to cause to become many," from Old French multiplier, mouteplier (12c.) "increase, get bigger; flourish; breed; extend, enrich," from Latin multiplicare "to increase," from multiplex (genitive multiplicis) "having many folds, many times as great in number," from comb. form of multus (see multi-) + -plex "-fold," from PIE *plek- "to plait" (see ply (v.1.)). Mathematical sense is attested from late 14c. Related: Multiplied; multiplying.
同义词辨析
enlarge, amplify, expand, increase, magnify, multiply, augment
这些动词均有"增加，增大"或"扩大"之意。
enlarge： 主要指面积或体积等的扩大。
amplify： 在科技中常指声音的扩大或电磁波的增强。也指补充了细节、详述或扩大内容等。此词系正式用语。
expand： 指范围、程度、体积和尺寸等方面的扩大或增加。
increase： 指数量、强度和大小等方面的扩大或增加。
magnify： 可指用光学仪器使物体看上去显得变大；也指事实上把某物增大，有时用于夸张意味。
multiply： 通常指自然繁殖而产生的增长，有时也指同类事物数量的成倍增加。
augment： 较正式用词，一般指在原有的基础上增加含量而扩大。
考试真题
- It's an administrative sham ( ' , 欺诈) of the kind that has multiplied over the last 30 years.
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- They can multiply at an accelerating rate.
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- And that, fundamentally, is why claims that we face huge structural problems have been multiplying: they offer a reason to do nothing about the mass unemployment that is crippling our economy and our society.
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- Books, conferences and research papers have multiplied.
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实用场景例句
- The children are already learning to multiply and divide.
- 孩子们已经开始学习乘法和除法了。
牛津词典
- 2 multiplied by 4 is/equals/makes 8 (2×4 = 8) .
- 2乘以4等于8。
牛津词典
- Multiply 2 and 6 together and you get 12.
- 2和6相乘得12。
牛津词典
- Our problems have multiplied since last year.
- 自去年以来，我们的问题成倍增加。
牛津词典
- Cigarette smoking multiplies the risk of cancer.
- 抽烟会大大增加得癌症的风险。
牛津词典
- Rabbits multiply rapidly.
- 兔子繁殖迅速。
牛津词典
- It is possible to multiply these bacteria in the laboratory.
- 在实验室里繁殖这些细菌是可能的。
牛津词典
- Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries...
- 这类纠纷在18和19世纪大量增多。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her husband multiplied his demands on her time.
- 她丈夫需要她的时间大大增加。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- These creatures can multiply quickly.
- 这些动物能迅速繁殖。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- What do you get if you multiply six by nine?
- 9乘以6得多少？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the remarkable ability to multiply huge numbers correctly without pen or paper.
- 不借助纸笔而能正确计算大数字乘积的非凡能力
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Because oral bacteria multiply, bad breath can occur, dental caries, and gingival recession.
- 由于口腔内细菌大量繁殖, 可以出现口臭 、 龋齿, 以及牙龈萎缩.
期刊摘选
- How to multiply your advertising at no cost!
- 如何倍增你的广告不费!
期刊摘选
- Change the new layer type on Multiply also.
- 将新图层的样式也更改为叠加.
期刊摘选
- Friendship can multiply joys and divide griefs.
- 友谊能倍增欢乐分担悲痛.
期刊摘选
- His son is learning to multiply and divide.
- 他儿子正在学习乘法和除法.
《简明英汉词典》
- Bless and multiply the efforts of all our staff and volunteers.
- 求你祝福及培增工作人员及义工们所付出的努力.
期刊摘选
- And as our energies mix and begin to multiply.
- 正如我们能量的混合,并开始繁殖.
期刊摘选
- This morning 8:00, multiply by to catch fire a car, we at Hangzhou.
- 今天上午8点, 乘着火车, 我们来到了杭州.
期刊摘选
- As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth andupon it.
- 神赐福给挪亚和他的儿子、对他们说、你们要 生养 众多 、 遍满了地.
期刊摘选
- He learned to multiply at the age of five.
- 他五岁学会做乘法.
辞典例句
- Multiply this by the number of shares you traded, add other positions if you pyramided.
- 把这个乘以股数,如果你加仓了, 再加上其它仓位.
期刊摘选
- Step 3: Multiply the Factor selected in Step 1 by the area form step 2.
- 第3步骤: 将步骤一中选择的环境因素乘以步骤二中的区域大小.
期刊摘选
- Multiply 6 by nothing, and the result is nothing.
- 零乘以六的结果是零.
辞典例句
- When animals have more food, they generally multiply faster.
- 动物在有较多的食物时, 一般繁殖得较快.
《简明英汉词典》