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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++add /ˌæd/ ●●● S1 W1 verb 1 put with STH else 与别的东西放在一起ADD [transitive] to put something with something else or with a group of other things 添加，增加 If the mixture seems dry, add water. 如果混合物看上去干，加点水。add something to something Do you want to add your name to the list? 你想把你的名字加到名单里吗？ Suzuki has added extra doors to its sports off-roader. 铃木公司为其运动越野车增加了车门。 Material about recent research has been added to this new edition. 这个新版本增加了最近的研究材料。2 count 计算COUNT/CALCULATE [intransitive, transitive]HMN if you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total 相加，加 → subtractadd something and something (together) Add 7 and 5 to make 12. 7加5得12。 For tax purposes, your pension and earnings are added together. 计算税款时，养老金和收入加在一起。add something to something Add £2.20 to the cost for postage. 在该费用基础上加2.20英镑的邮费。3 increase 增加INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT [intransitive, transitive] to increase the amount or cost of something 增加add (something) to something Spell-checking your document adds time to the process. 给文件作拼写检查会延长这一过程的时间。 Sales tax adds to the price. 销售税提高了价格。4 say more 说得更多 [transitive]SAY/STATE to say more about something that has just been said 补充说，继续说 ‘And I don’t care what you think, ’ she added defiantly. “而且我不在乎你怎么想。”她挑衅地加了一句。 Is there anything you’d like to add, David? 戴维，你还有什么要补充的吗？add that Everyone will be invited to vote, he said, adding that voting is likely to be via the Web. 他说所有人都会被邀请来投票，并且补充说投票可能通过网络进行。 I was refused accommodation – not, I hasten to add, on account of my appearance (=used to explain more about what you have just said). 我的住宿要求被拒——我要赶紧说明一下，不是因为我的外表。 She was trying to entertain us – unsuccessfully, I might add (=used to comment on what you have just said). 她想逗我们开心——但我说是白费力气了。► see thesaurus at say5 give a quality 赋予某种品质 [transitive]ADD to give a particular quality to something 增添add something to something We’ve added value to the information by organizing it. 我们把信息进行了整理，使它变得更有价值了。add a touch of glamour/class (to something) Champagne always adds a touch of glamour to the occasion. 香槟酒总能为特别的场合增添情调。 Coloured glass can be added for effect. 可以加装彩色玻璃以突出效果。6 add(ed) to that/this ADDused to introduce another fact that supports your opinion 此外，再加上 Our hospitals are short of cash. Add to that the long hours doctors work, and you have a recipe for disaster. 我们的医院资金短缺，再加上医生工作时间长，这些早晚都是祸根。7 add weight to something if something adds weight to an argument, idea etc, it makes it stronger 为某事物增加影响力[说服力]add weight to the suggestion/idea etc Recent research adds weight to the theory that the climate is changing. 最近的研究进一步证明了气候正在变化这个理论。8 to add insult to injury WORSEto make a bad situation worse for someone who has already been treated badly 既伤害又侮辱；雪上加霜9 add fuel to the fire/flames to make an argument or disagreement worse 火上浇油 PHRASAL VERBS→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
add• Add 10% to the total.• If you add 11 and 31, you get 42.• Beech Co. is planning to add 500 jobs within the next 12 months.• Add 6 and 6 and you get 12.• The book would look a lot more attractive if they added a few color pictures.• I think you need to add a little more salt.• Cooking procedures: add boiling water and leave for several minutes to rehydrate.• A further, recent complexity has been added by the widespread use of video recorders.• Adding fertilizer to the soil will help the plants to grow more quickly.• Fine champagne always adds glamour to an occasion.• "It's Carol Flynn, " she shouted. After a moment of silence, she added, "I'm a friend of Annie's."• "Finally, " she added, "I would like to thank my family for all their help."• ''Finally'', she added, ''I would like to thank my family for their support''.• Add milk to the mixture before heating it.• But rather than providing a solution, their results just added more fuel to the fire.• If you need more storage space it's possible to add more shelves.• I added my strokes at the stern.• Is there anything you'd like to add, Peter?• That's my report. Is there anything you'd like to add, Peter?• John added some water to the paint to make it thinner.• Barker refused to answer more questions, adding that he had already said too much.• I should add that I do not agree with Doctor Mitchell.• Beat together the egg and sugar, then add the flour.• Gradually add the spiced milk, stirring with a whisk to avoid lumps.• New fire-safety equipment had to be installed, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of the repairs.• In a cup or small bowl, mix together water and cornstarch until smooth; add to broth.• But he would like to add to evidence that keeps the mystery alive.add something to something• Merrill manages to add humor to a difficult role.add something and something (together)• A reinforced edge adds strength and is useful for a fruit cage.• Deng was made senior deputy premier and soon added party and military posts.• I started pickling everything I could think of, started adding cardamom and turmeric to mangoes and pineapples and pears.• Some vendors are expected to build devices that add facsimile and telephone capabilities, while others offer speech processing capability.• The 4. 3 cents were little noticed when they were added, and will be little noticed if removed.• They added color and dignity to our program and made the day a day to remember, and we are truly grateful.• To the wealth they received from their estates and taxation, successful Merovingians could also add plunder and tribute from neighbouring peoples.• To these qualities, he has been adding more and more flair within the past fortnight.add (something) to something• Conforming to the new regulations will add to the cost of the project.• The sales tax adds 8% to the price of clothes.add that• They added that a full inquiry would be set up to investigate what happened.• Dersingham had added that he'd had his whisky at ten-thirty and gone up half an hour later.• He added that he had made that decision in spite of an embargo on similar junctions after the Bellgrove train crash two years earlier.• Mike added that his father disagreed with his decision.• He added that Hispanics are now beginning to enter fields like pharmaceuticals and aerospace.• The company adds that it is already benefiting from increased efficiency and expects a large return on its financial investment in Weldon.• Mr Ringler says, adding that the company wants to bring more of a local focus to its international dealings.• Chupp adds that the existence of strong neutron fluxes may also require re-evaluation of some previously observed solar events.• She added that they were by far the fastest growing ones in the country.added value• Now, they say, future battles will be waged on features and added value.• This Week - give super added value.• Where fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals with high added value can be produced by biotechnology there will be rapid developments.• I used to pour the orange juice, which represented the added value in our products, into four separate glasses.• Will he today resist the introduction of the 75p per minute further added value services now suggested?• In other words, interactivity brings a vital element of added value to all electronic information, whether multimedia or not.• Items with high added value would only be subcontracted if there were insurmountable problems of some sort in making it in-house.ADD /ˌeɪ diː ˈdiː/ noun [uncountable] medical 1.the abbreviation of attention-deficit disorder / attention-deficit disorder 的缩写 ，注意障碍Origin add (1300-1400) Latin addere, from ad- “to” + -dere “to put”add verb →PHRASAL VERBS1ADD nounChinese
something Corpus else put something with to
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add S1 W1 /ˌæd/
verb
If the mixture seems dry, add water.
add something to something
Do you want to add your name to the list?
Suzuki has added extra doors to its sports off-roader.
Material about recent research has been added to this new edition.
2. COUNT [intransitive and transitive] if you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total ⇨ subtract
add something and something (together)
Add 7 and 5 to make 12.
For tax purposes, your pension and earnings are added together.
add something to something
Add £2.20 to the cost for postage.
3. INCREASE [intransitive and transitive] to increase the amount or cost of something
add (something) to something
Spell-checking your document adds time to the process.
Sales tax adds to the price.
4. SAY MORE [transitive] to say more about something that has just been said:
‘And I don’t care what you think,’ she added defiantly.
Is there anything you’d like to add, David?
add that
Everyone will be invited to vote, he said, adding that voting is likely to be via the Web.
I was refused accommodation – not, I hasten to add, on account of my appearance (=used to explain more about what you have just said).
She was trying to entertain us – unsuccessfully, I might add (=used to comment on what you have just said).
5. GIVE A QUALITY [transitive] to give a particular quality to something
add something to something
We’ve added value to the information by organizing it.
add a touch of glamour/class (to something)
Champagne always adds a touch of glamour to the occasion.
Coloured glass can be added for effect.
6. add(ed) to that/this used to introduce another fact that supports your opinion:
Our hospitals are short of cash. Add to that the long hours doctors work, and you have a recipe for disaster.
7. add weight to something if something adds weight to an argument, idea etc, it makes it stronger
add weight to the suggestion/idea etc
Recent research adds weight to the theory that the climate is changing.
8. to add insult to injury to make a bad situation worse for someone who has already been treated badly:
She not only deceived him but, to add insult to injury, allowed him to pay for her meal.
9. add fuel to the fire/flames to make an argument or disagreement worse:
Rather than providing a solution, their statements merely added fuel to the fire.
add something ↔ in phrasal verb
to include something with something else:
Don’t forget to add in the cost of your time.
add something ↔ on (also add something on something) phrasal verb
to include or put on something extra:
proposals to add a penny on income tax
add something ↔ on to
The private chapel was added on to the church much later.
add to something phrasal verb
to make a feeling or quality stronger and more noticeable:
This show will no doubt add to his growing reputation.
add up phrasal verb
1. to calculate the total of several numbers:
I can add up in my head quite easily.
add something ↔ up
Specialized software adds up the statistics.
2. not add up
a. if a set of facts does not add up, it does not provide a reasonable explanation for a situation:
He was troubled by a feeling that things just didn’t add up.
b. if sums, numbers etc do not add up, there is a mistake in them:
These figures don’t add up.
3. it all adds up informal used to say that lots of small amounts gradually make a large total:
There are five of us using the phone so it all adds up.
add up to something phrasal verb
to produce a particular total or result:
Rising prison population and overcrowding add up to a real crisis.
add S1 W1 /ˌæd/
verb Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: addere, from ad- 'to' + -dere 'to put'
1. PUT WITH SOMETHING ELSE [transitive] to put something with something else or with a group of other things:Language: Latin
Origin: addere, from ad- 'to' + -dere 'to put'
add something to something
2. COUNT [intransitive and transitive] if you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total ⇨ subtract
add something and something (together)
add something to something
3. INCREASE [intransitive and transitive] to increase the amount or cost of something
add (something) to something
4. SAY MORE [transitive] to say more about something that has just been said:
add that
5. GIVE A QUALITY [transitive] to give a particular quality to something
add something to something
add a touch of glamour/class (to something)
6. add(ed) to that/this used to introduce another fact that supports your opinion:
7. add weight to something if something adds weight to an argument, idea etc, it makes it stronger
add weight to the suggestion/idea etc
8. to add insult to injury to make a bad situation worse for someone who has already been treated badly:
9. add fuel to the fire/flames to make an argument or disagreement worse:
add something ↔ in phrasal verb
to include something with something else:
add something ↔ on (also add something on something) phrasal verb
to include or put on something extra:
add something ↔ on to
add to something phrasal verb
to make a feeling or quality stronger and more noticeable:
add up phrasal verb
1. to calculate the total of several numbers:
add something ↔ up
2. not add up
a. if a set of facts does not add up, it does not provide a reasonable explanation for a situation:
b. if sums, numbers etc do not add up, there is a mistake in them:
3. it all adds up informal used to say that lots of small amounts gradually make a large total:
add up to something phrasal verb
to produce a particular total or result:
ADD
ADD /ˌeɪ diː ˈdiː/ noun [uncountable] medical
the abbreviation of attention-deficit disorder
ADD /ˌeɪ diː ˈdiː/
noun [uncountable] medicalthe abbreviation of attention-deficit disorder
