augment

増やす、増強する

何かを加えて、量や大きさ、強さを増す。

やさしい英語で： To make something larger or greater by adding to it.

• Extra work can augment your income.
• The hospital augmented its staff during the emergency.
• They plan to augment the water supply with a new well.

使い方： augment something with something (They augmented their savings with money from weekend work.)

類義語： increase, supplement, expand

反対語： reduce, decrease

よく使う表現： augment something, augment income, augment resources

増える、増大する

量や大きさ、強さが増す。

やさしい英語で： To become larger or greater.

• Their numbers began to augment.
• The army’s strength augmented over the winter.
• The pressure may augment as the heat rises.

使い方： augment in something (The force continued to augment in strength.)

類義語： grow, increase

反対語： shrink, decrease

よく使う表現： augment in size, augment in strength

加音

一部の言語で、過去を表すために動詞の頭に付ける音。

やさしい英語で： A sound added at the start of a verb in some languages to show past time.

• This Greek verb has an augment.
• The augment marks a past tense.
• Students identified the augments in the verb forms.

よく使う表現： syllabic augment, past tense augment, the augment