accelerate
[æk'sɛlə`ret]
vt. 速, 促

vi. 速, 促

[] 速, 促

1. The car accelerated as it overtook me.
   那辆汽速超越.
2. The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners accelerate.
   领先者其余赛跑者速逐去优势。
3. accelerate v.
   预见祸,

accelerate
[ verb ]

1. move faster

<verb.change> quicken speed speed up
The car accelerated

2. cause to move faster

<verb.change> speed speed up
He accelerated the car

Accelerate \Ac*cel"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accelerated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Accelerating}.] [L. acceleratus, p. p. of
accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See
{Celerity}.]
1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add
to the speed of; -- opposed to {retard}.

2. To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process
of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase
of wealth, etc.

3. To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate
our departure.

{Accelerated motion} (Mech.), motion with a continually
increasing velocity.

{Accelerating force}, the force which causes accelerated
motion. --Nichol.

Syn: To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward;
advance; further.