accelerate
单词辨析：
指增加速度、速率，尤指频率。
He glanced at his watch and quicken his steps.
他看了一眼手表，加快了脚步。
He felt his heart quicken when he saw Susan.
他看到苏珊时感觉自己心跳加快了。
指某事比预期更快或更早发生时，可作及物或不及物动词；指汽车或人加速时，只作不及物动词。
The urbanization process continued to accelerate.
城市化进程持续加快。
The bad weather accelerated our departure.
坏天气促使我们提前离开。
Her car accelerated smoothly away.
她的车平稳地加速离开。
That runner accelerated suddenly around the bend.
那名赛跑运动员在转弯处突然加速。
多指意外、糟糕之事使某事加速，或让某事提前发生。
His departure was hastened by an emergency.
由于一个突发事件，他提前走了。
His letter hastened the course of the enquiry.
他的来信加快了调查的进程。
Poor medical treatment hastened his death.
糟糕的治疗加速了他的死亡。
指催促某人做某事。
Sorry to rush you, but the board needs these materials by Thursday.
很抱歉催你，只是董事会周四之前需要这些材料。
He felt he was being rushed into making a decision.
他觉得自己是被催着去作决定。
指加快某事的发生、进展等，常指好事。
This incident should speed his decision.
这一事件应该会促使他尽快作出决定。
This new medicine should speed her recovery.
这种新药应该会加快她的康复。
The new measures will speed up the registration process.
这些新措施将加快注册过程。
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This, of course, would nullify the effect of the move and merely accelerate inflation.
这毫无疑问会使该举措完全失效，而仅仅只是加速通货膨胀。
We need to coordinate research and accelerate the development of pandemic vaccine.
我们必须协调研究和加快研制大流行疫苗。
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。
Successfully applied, new technologies can accelerate a country's development and help transform its people's socioeconomic prospects.
如果成功应用，新技术可以加速一个国家的发展，并且帮助改变人民的社会经济前景。
They use special chemical substances to accelerate the growth of crops.
他们使用特殊的化学物质来促进农作物的生长。
Sunshine, fresh air, and rest often accelerate a person's recovery from sickness.
阳光、新鲜空气以及休息往往可使病人尽快康复。