augment
/ɔːɡˈment/ (bre, ipa) · [ɔɡmˈɛnt] /ɔːɡˈment/ (ame, ipa) · [ɔɡmˈɛnt] /ȯg-ˈment/ (ame, mw)
augment — 動詞
- augmentpresent simple I / you / we / they
- augmentshe / she / it
- augmentedpast simple
- augmenting-ing form
1. to make something greater in amount, effect, or value by giving it an extra part
擴增；增加
藉由加入部分而使其變大或變強
to make something greater in amount, effect, or value by giving it an extra part, or to grow greater in that way.
The hospital augmented its night staff before the holiday weekend began.
那家醫院在假日週末開始前擴增了夜班人手。
transitive use: augment + object
New solar panels augmented the farm's power supply during the dry season.
新的太陽能板在乾季時增加了農場的供電能力。
formal collocation: augment a supply or resource
Her savings augmented steadily after she started two extra tutoring jobs.
她開始兼兩份家教後，存款便穩定增加。
The software update augmented the camera with sharper low-light detail.
這次軟體更新增加了相機在低光下能呈現的清晰細節。
By spring, the school fund had augmented enough to reopen the music room.
到了春天，學校基金已增加到足以重新開放音樂教室。
- increase
the broad everyday verb; 'augment' is more formal and often suggests an added part
- expand
often stresses becoming wider or covering more area, not just becoming greater
- boost
more informal and often used for a quick helpful rise
- supplement
adds support from outside; the main thing may stay separate rather than become larger itself
- reduce
to make something smaller or weaker instead of greater
文法句型
augment something
augment something with something
something augments
用法筆記
Common in formal or technical writing about budgets, staff, power, or ability. Distinguish from 'supplement': 'augment' stresses making the original thing larger or stronger, not just adding a separate extra item.
常見錯誤
augment — 名詞
1. in linguistics, an added opening vowel, or a stretched first vowel, that shows a
增音
詞首加音或拉長首音，表示過去時
in linguistics, an added opening vowel, or a stretched first vowel, that shows a verb is in a past form in languages such as Greek or Sanskrit.
During class, Mira circled the augment before the Greek verb on the board.
上課時，Mira 把黑板上那個希臘語動詞前的增音圈了起來。
position: an added sound before the verb
The Sanskrit teacher explained that the augment marks past time in this form.
那位梵語老師解釋說，這個增音會在該形式中標出過去時間。
function: marks past time in a verb form
Jonas forgot the augment, so his verb looked present instead of past.
Jonas 漏掉了增音，所以他的動詞看起來像現在式，不像過去式。
In the workbook, Aya underlined each augment in red before the quiz.
在作業本裡，Aya 在小考前把每個增音都用紅筆畫了線。
Our tutor compared the Greek augment with the unchanged present-tense form.
我們的家教把希臘語的增音和未改變的現在式形式拿來比較。
文法句型
an augment
the augment in a verb form
用法筆記
This is a specialist grammar term, mainly used when discussing older language systems such as Greek or Sanskrit. It names a sound added to the front of a verb form, not a separate word.