amplify

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am·pli·fy /ˈæmplɪfaɪ/ verb (amplified, amplifying, amplifies) [transitiveT]

1 TCRto make sound louder, especially musical sound 放大〔聲音，尤指音樂聲〕

an amplified guitar

帶有擴音設備的電吉他

2 formal to increase the effects or strength of something 增強

These stories only amplified her fears.

這些故事徒增了她的恐懼感。

3 formalEXPLAIN to explain something that you have said by giving more information about it 詳述，（進一步）闡述

Would you care to amplify that remark?

請你把那句話解釋一下好嗎？

—amplification /ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

amplify• These points will be amplified as we proceed.• It made changes on the land, and those changes will be amplified by other events as time goes on.• This is not in fact all echo, but sound amplified either in intensity or Length.• The Lockheed story amplifies how important top leadership is to an organization's success or failure.• In complex systems a small alteration in the initial conditions can amplify into wide-ranging effects throughout the rest of the system.• It should explicitly amplify policies which have been agreed as part of the business plan.• Other spots are characterized by their ability to modify or amplify sound, even to the point of acoustical saturation.• The reverse acoustic ceilings amplify the din to a decibel range appropriate for a wind tunnel.• Critics say the Internet has amplified the problem of medical misinformation.

Origin amplify

(1400-1500) French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus; → AMPLE

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