accelerator

accélérateur

Pédale sur laquelle on appuie avec le pied pour augmenter la vitesse d’un véhicule.

En anglais simple : The pedal you press with your foot to make a vehicle go faster.

• Press the accelerator gently.
• She took her foot off the accelerator.
• The accelerator stuck as he drove up the hill.

Synonymes : gas pedal

Expressions courantes : accelerator pedal, press the accelerator, off the accelerator

accélérateur

Personne ou chose qui fait avancer un processus plus rapidement.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that makes a process happen faster.

• Competition can be an accelerator of change.
• The grant acted as an accelerator for research.
• New technology became a powerful accelerator of economic growth.

Comment l'utiliser : an accelerator of something (The discovery was an accelerator of medical progress.)

Synonymes : catalyst

Expressions courantes : accelerator of change, growth accelerator, powerful accelerator