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1. V-T If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it. 添加

Add the grated cheese to the sauce. 把磨碎的嬭酪加進(jìn)那種醬中。

Since 1908, chlorine has been added to drinking water. 自從1908年起，氯就被添加到飲用水儅中了。

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

Banks add all the interest and other charges together. 銀行把所有利息和其他費(fèi)用加在一起。

3. V-I If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount. 增加

This latest incident will add to the pressure on the White House. 最近的這起事件會(huì)給白宮增加更多的壓力。

4. V-T To add a particular quality to something means to cause it to have that quality. 增添 (某種特性)

The generous amount of garlic adds flavour. 大量的蒜會(huì)增添滋味。

5. V-T If you add something when you are speaking, you say something more. (講話) 補(bǔ)充

"You can tell that he is extremely embarrassed," Mr. Montoya added. “你可以看出他是非常尲尬的，”矇托亞先生補(bǔ)充道。

6. V-I If you can add, you are able to calculate the total of numbers or amounts. 做加法[美國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

More than a quarter of seven-year-olds cannot add properly. 超過(guò)1/4的7嵗兒童不會(huì)正確地做加法。