英汉词典

1. 添加；增加；掺加
    If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it.

    e.g. Add the grated cheese to the sauce...
           把磨碎的干酪加到调味汁里。
    e.g. Since 1908, chlorine has been added to drinking water...
           自1908年以来氯就被添加进饮用水当中。

2. 加
    If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total.

add

    e.g. Banks add all the interest and other charges together...
           银行合计所有利息和其他费用。
    e.g. Two and three added together are five.
           2加3等于5。

3. 增添；增加
    If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount.

    e.g. This latest incident will add to the pressure on the government...
           最近的这次事件将会给政府增加压力。
    e.g. Smiles, nods, and cheerful faces added to the general gaiety.
           微笑、点头和喜洋洋的脸庞使喜庆的气氛变得更浓了。

4. 增加，增添（特色）
    To add a particular quality to something means to cause it to have that quality.

    e.g. The generous amount of garlic adds flavour...
           蒜多了能提味。
    e.g. Pictures add interest to plain painted walls.
           相片给素色的墙面增添了一抹情趣。

5. 补充说;进一步说
    If you add something when you are speaking, you say something more.

    e.g. 'You can tell that he is extremely embarrassed,' Mr Brigden added...
           “你能看出他尴尬极了，”布里格登先生补充道。
    e.g. The President agreed, adding that he hoped for a peaceful solution.
           总统表示赞同并补充说他希望和平解决。

6. 另外；再者
    You use added to this or added to that to introduce a fact that supports or widens what you are saying.

    e.g. More than 750 commercial airliners were involved in fatal accidents last year. Added to that were the 1,550 smaller aircraft.
           去年750多家商业航空公司遭遇过人员死亡的事故。另外还有1,550架小型飞机也出过同样的事故。

7. to add insult to injury -> see insult

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