accelerate

加速する

動く速さを増す、または乗り物の速度を上げる。

やさしい英語で： To move faster, or make a vehicle move faster.

• The car began to accelerate.
• She accelerated smoothly onto the main road.
• Do not accelerate too hard on wet roads.

使い方： accelerate from A to B (The car accelerated from thirty to sixty miles per hour.)

類義語： speed up

反対語： decelerate

よく使う表現： accelerate quickly, accelerate the car, accelerate smoothly

促進する、加速させる

物事の進行や変化を速くする。

やさしい英語で： To make a process or change happen more quickly.

• Warm weather can accelerate plant growth.
• The new machines accelerated production.
• How can we accelerate the recovery process?

類義語： speed up, hasten

反対語： slow, delay

よく使う表現： accelerate growth, accelerate development, accelerate the process

早める

ある出来事が通常より早く起こるようにする。

やさしい英語で： To make an event happen sooner than it otherwise would.

• The storm accelerated our departure.
• They accelerated the launch by two weeks.
• These events may accelerate a final decision.

類義語： hasten, bring forward

反対語： postpone, delay

よく使う表現： accelerate our departure, accelerate the launch, accelerate a decision