pile up
pile up — 片語動詞
- pile upbase form
- piles up3rd person singular
- piling up-ing form
- piled uppast simple
1. when things such as work, bills, problems, or objects increase in amount, number
堆積；累積
數量逐漸增加，變多
when things such as work, bills, problems, or objects increase in amount, number, or quantity and form a large collection that needs to be dealt with — for example, unanswered emails piling up during a holiday, or dirty dishes collecting in a kitchen sink.
While Yael was in hospital, her assignments piled up on her desk.
Yael 住院期間，她的作業在桌上堆積起來。
If David does not wash the dishes each night, they pile up in the sink.
如果 David 不每晚洗碗，水槽裡的碗很快就會堆積如山。
intransitive: dishes / work / laundry pile up
The cost of all the small repairs began to pile up and soon worried Antonia.
所有小修理的費用開始累積，讓 Antonia 擔心起來。
Walid let his laundry pile up for weeks and then had no clean socks.
Walid 讓髒衣服堆了好幾週，最後連雙乾淨的襪子都沒有。
Problems piled up at the factory after three key workers left at the same time.
三名關鍵工人同時離職後，工廠的問題開始堆積。
- accumulate
more formal; suggests a gradual increase over time
- build up
similar meaning but emphasises the growth process
- mount up
less common; implies a steady climb in quantity
- stack up
more literal, often about physical objects
文法句型
things pile up
pile something up
用法筆記
Intransitive use (things pile up) is more common: the subject is the thing that accumulates. Transitive use (pile something up) is also possible but less frequent; the object is the things being gathered into a heap. Distinguish from 'pile on', which means to add more of something (especially criticism or pressure).