accumulate

UK:  [ə'kjuːmjʊleɪt]

US:  [ə'kjumjə.leɪt]

第三人称单数：accumulates  现在分词：accumulating  过去式：accumulated  

v.

1.积累;聚集;聚积;积蓄起来;堆积;堆起;聚成一堆

2.积累,存储,蓄积(财产等),堆积

3.积,贮,累积,积聚

4.淤积

5.累加

6.收集

7.〔英大学〕同时取得(高的和低的学位)

8.发

n.

1.补堆积岩

2.增生堆积岩

1 . Trying to accumulate wealth by the sweat of your brow and hard labor is one way to become the richest man in the graveyard.
试图通过辛苦的体力劳动来积累财富，那么，你有可能会在垂暮之年变成最富有的人。

2 . As the books began to accumulate, the librarian felt obliged to throw some useless books away, for there was no enough room in the library.
随着书越来越多，图书管理员感到有必要把没用的书扔掉，因为图书馆里的空间不足。

3 . The vertical floor loads accumulate from the top to the bottom of the building, requiring larger columns AS one moves down.
它的垂直楼板的荷载能力从建筑物的顶部往下，需要依次增大，每往下一层，柱子要相应粗一些。

4 . One of the main objections to what I am saying is the size of debts governments accumulate in anti-depression spending.
对于我的主张，主要反对论点之一在于政府为抵御萧条而积累的债务规模。

5 . The question is how much debt the US (or UK) can accumulate now.
问题是美国（或英国）现在能累积多少债务。