v.积累；增加；聚集
They set out to accumulate a huge mass of data. 他们开始积累大量的资料。
Dust and dirt soon accumulates if a house is not cleaned regularly. 房屋不经常打扫,尘土很快就越积越多。
True poetry accumulates meaning every time it is read. 真正好诗愈念涵义愈丰富。
However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the zoo felt obliged to investigate. 然而，当证据日趋增多时，该动物园的专家们感到有必要进行调查。
Over the years, I had accumulated hundreds of books. 多年来,我收集了几百本书。
accumulate用于具体名词时意为“堆积”,用于抽象名词时意为“积聚”,指积少成多,从而达到一定的规模。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。
accumulate 通常不以指人的词作宾语,若以指人的词作宾语,则含把人当成物来对待的意味,有贬义。
accumulate还可用作不及物动词,指数量的逐渐增加或质量的渐渐提高。
