amplifying [
'æmplə`faɪ]
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[化] 放大的
- A qualifying or amplifying word, phrase, or sentence inserted within written matter in such a way as to be independent of the surrounding grammatical structure.
插入成份,插入词在书写中插入的与上下文的语法结构没有关系的限定或补充的词、短语或句子 - We must ask you to amplify your statement.
我们得请你对你的说法作进一步的说明. - Hearing devices help improve communication by amplifying sound.
助听系统通过放大声音来改善交流。
Amplify \Am"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amplified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Amplifying}.] [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See
{Ample}, {-fy}.]
1. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the
like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
2. (Rhet.) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat
copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to
expand; to make much of.
Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard
author, but much amplified by our English
translator. --Dryden.
- But it does add to Lilly scientists' bag of tricks a three-ton tool of unprecedented power, amplifying their ability to experiment with molecular images and sift through endless new-drug candidates.
- Two men shouted opposing slogans at each other, amplifying their screams with bull horns.
- Threat of a widening war in the Middle East spilled over into bond market, amplifying the effect on stocks.
- Rosenfeld's lie detector picks up brain-wave activity through electrodes attached to the scalp, amplifying the signals and feeding them into a computer, which coordinates the information and displays it on a video screen.