5give a quality 赋予某种品质 [transitiveT]ADD to give a particular quality to something 增添
add something to something
We’ve added value to the information by organizing it.
我们把信息进行了整理,使它变得更有价值了。
add a touch of glamour/class (to something)
Champagne always adds a touch of glamour to the occasion.
香槟酒总能为特别的场合增添情调。
Coloured glass can be added for effect.
可以加装彩色玻璃以突出效果。
6add(ed) to that/thisADDused to introduce another fact that supports your opinion 此外,再加上
Our hospitals are short of cash. Add to that the long hours doctors work, and you have a recipe for disaster.
我们的医院资金短缺,再加上医生工作时间长,这些早晚都是祸根。
Examples from the Corpus
add(ed) to that/this• Today's sentence will be added to that.• New words can not be added to thisclass - hence its name.• In some patients, a course of steroids may be added to thisdrug.• To add to that, he hated her for what he thought she was doing to his sister.• Little new material about research in the field has been added to this new edition.• Other dimensions could be added to thisscheme.• Of course, many details could be added to thissimpledescription, but the account offered does capture the general idea.• Spend some time with Ariel and his magic if you want to add to thistale.
7add weight to somethingif something adds weight to an argument, idea etc, it makes it stronger 为某事物增加影响力[说服力]
add weight to the suggestion/idea etc
Recent research adds weight to the theory that the climate is changing.
Rather than providing a solution, their statements merely added fuel to the fire.
他们的声明不但没有解决问题,反而火上浇油。
Examples from the Corpus
add fuel to the fire/flames• It only added fuel to the fire.• Once the process is under way, empire-buildingadds fuel to the fire, and more fat to the bureaucracy.
PHRASAL VERBS
10add something ↔ inphrasal verbphr vto include something with something else 加进,包括
12add to somethingphrasal verbphr vto make a feeling or qualitystronger and more noticeable 增加,增添〔某种情绪或品质〕
This show will no doubt add to his growing reputation.
这场演出无疑将使他正在扩大的名声更加响亮。
13add upphrasal verbphr v
a)HMNCOUNT/CALCULATEto calculate the total of several numbers (把…)加起来
I can add up in my head quite easily.
我做心算加法很轻松。
add something ↔ up
Specialized software adds up the statistics.
专用软件合计统计数据。
b)not add up
i.if a set of facts does not add up, it does not provide a reasonableexplanation for a situation 不合情理,说不通
He was troubled by a feeling that things just didn’t add up.
他很苦恼,觉得事情不对劲。
ii.if sums, numbers etc do not add up, there is a mistake in them 〔总数、数字等〕错了,有误
These figures don’t add up.
这些数字错了。
c)it all adds up informal used to say that lots of small amounts gradually make a large total 积少成多
There are five of us using the phone so it all adds up.
我们五个人用电话,所以就打得很多了。
Examples from the Corpus
add up• Five percent may not sound like much but it's a lot of money when you add it all up.• I can see now that George was planning this all along - it all adds up.• When we added up the receipts we realized we had spent too much.
add• Add 10% to the total.• If you add 11 and 31, you get 42.• Beech Co. is planning to add 500 jobs within the next 12 months.• Add 6 and 6 and you get 12.• The book would look a lot more attractive if they added a few color pictures.• I think you need to add a little more salt.• Cooking procedures: addboiling water and leave for several minutes to rehydrate.• A further, recentcomplexity has been added by the widespread use of videorecorders.• Addingfertilizer to the soil will help the plants to grow more quickly.• Finechampagne always addsglamour to an occasion.• "It's Carol Flynn, " she shouted. After a moment of silence, she added, "I'm a friend of Annie's."• "Finally, " she added, "I would like to thank my family for all their help."• ''Finally'', she added, ''I would like to thank my family for their support''.• Addmilk to the mixture before heating it.• But rather than providing a solution, their results just added more fuel to the fire.• If you need more storage space it's possible to add more shelves.• I added my strokes at the stern.• Is there anything you'd like to add, Peter?• That's my report. Is there anything you'd like to add, Peter?• Johnadded some water to the paint to make it thinner.• Barkerrefused to answer more questions, adding that he had already said too much.• I should add that I do not agree with Doctor Mitchell.• Beat together the egg and sugar, then add the flour.• Gradually add the spiced milk, stirring with a whisk to avoidlumps.• New fire-safety equipment had to be installed, adding thousands of dollars to the cost of the repairs.• In a cup or small bowl, mix together water and cornstarch until smooth; add to broth.• But he would like to add to evidence that keeps the mysteryalive.
add something to something• Merrill manages to add humor to a difficult role.
add (something) to something• Conforming to the new regulations will add to the cost of the project.• The sales tax adds 8% to the price of clothes.
add that• They added that a full inquiry would be set up to investigate what happened.• Dersingham had added that he'd had his whisky at ten-thirty and gone up half an hour later.• He added that he had made that decision in spite of an embargo on similarjunctions after the Bellgrove train crash two years earlier.• Mikeadded that his father disagreed with his decision.• He added that Hispanics are now beginning to enter fields like pharmaceuticals and aerospace.• The company adds that it is already benefiting from increased efficiency and expects a large return on its financialinvestment in Weldon.• Mr Ringler says, adding that the company wants to bring more of a local focus to its internationaldealings.• Chupp adds that the existence of strong neutronfluxes may also require re-evaluation of some previously observedsolar events.• She added that they were by far the fastest growing ones in the country.
added value• Now, they say, future battles will be waged on features and added value.• This Week - give superadded value.• Where fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals with high added value can be produced by biotechnology there will be rapid developments.• I used to pour the orangejuice, which represented the added value in our products, into four separate glasses.• Will he today resist the introduction of the 75p per minute further added value services now suggested?• In other words, interactivity brings a vitalelement of added value to all electronic information, whether multimedia or not.• Items with high added value would only be subcontracted if there were insurmountable problems of some sort in making it in-house.