Augment

(verb.) enlarge or increase; 'The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East'.

(verb.) grow or intensify; 'The pressure augmented'.

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• Just as we come to know them better, intermediate forms flow in, and doubts as to specific limits augment. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• She was confident of having performed her duty, and to fret over unavoidable evils, or augment them by anxiety, was no part of her disposition. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Mrs. Norris, whose attachment seemed to augment with the demerits of her niece, would have had her received at home and countenanced by them all. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• To augment our share of the colony trade beyond what it otherwise would be, is the avowed purpose of the monopoly. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Her present visit to London tended to augment her state of inquietude, by shewing in its utmost extent the ravages occasioned by pestilence. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• But even in the case of an inferiority, we still desire a greater distance, in order to augment, still more the idea of ourself. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• This operation could not augment, in the smallest degree, the quantity of money to be lent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The capital of the country, though it might nominally be the same, would really be augmented. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Its agriculture, manufactures, and trade, on the contrary, the annual produce of its land and labour, have evidently been augmented. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• His original curiosity augmented every day, as he watched for her, saw or did not see her, and speculated about her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• On the contrary, it would, in most cases, be augmented. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This difference in the imagination has a suitable effect on the passions; and this effect is augmented by another circumstance. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• They had, before this, gradually augmented their dividend from about six to ten per cent. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This greater abundance, as it must necessarily have increased their enjoyments, so it must likewise have augmented their industry. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• A like reflection on general rules keeps us from augmenting our belief upon every encrease of the force and vivacity of our ideas. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The increase of their produce would increase the population of the country, by augmenting the revenue and consumption of the people. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The high price of lean cattle, by augmenting the value of uncultivated land, is like a bounty against improvement. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• And that this circumstance has a considerable effect in augmenting its influence, will appear afterwards in examining the nature of malice and envy. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Here were two machines destined to be joined together, economizing space, enhancing economy, augmenting capacity, reducing investment, and increasing dividends. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• From mines, too, is drawn what is necessary for maintaining and augmenting that part of it which consists in money. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Comparison is in every case a sure method of augmenting our esteem of any thing. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• His pain, considered in itself, is painful to us, but augments the idea of our own happiness, and gives us pleasure. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• In the other, there is often a scarcity, which necessarily augments their value. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The monopoly, indeed, raises the rate of mercantile profit and thereby augments somewhat the gain of our merchants. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The last form neither augments nor diminishes visible objects; the concave diminishes them, the convex increases them, but both show them blurred and indistinct. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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