ADD

1. VERB 添加；增加；掺加
   If you add one thing to another, you put it in or on the other thing, to increase, complete, or improve it.
   1. Add the grated cheese to the sauce...
      把磨碎的干酪加到调味汁里。
   2. Since 1908, chlorine has been added to drinking water...
      自1908年以来氯就被添加进饮用水当中。
   3. He wants to add a huge sports complex to Binfield Manor.
      他想给宾菲尔德庄园加盖一个大型综合体育场。
2. VERB 加
   If you add numbers or amounts together, you calculate their total.
   1. Banks add all the interest and other charges together...
      银行合计所有利息和其他费用。
   2. Two and three added together are five.
      2加3等于5。
   3. Add up means the same as add .
      add up同add
   4. More than a quarter of seven year-olds cannot add up properly...
      7岁的孩子中1/4以上都不会正确地做加法运算。
   5. We just added all the numbers up and divided one by the other...
      我们只是将所有的数字相加并用一个除以另一个。
   6. He said the numbers simply did not add up.
      他说这些数字根本对不上。
3. VERB 增添；增加
   If one thing adds to another, it makes the other thing greater in degree or amount.
   1. This latest incident will add to the pressure on the government...
      最近的这次事件将会给政府增加压力。
   2. Smiles, nods, and cheerful faces added to the general gaiety.
      微笑、点头和喜洋洋的脸庞使喜庆的气氛变得更浓了。
4. VERB 增加，增添（特色）
   To add a particular quality to something means to cause it to have that quality.
   1. The generous amount of garlic adds flavour...
      蒜多了能提味。
   2. Pictures add interest to plain painted walls.
      相片给素色的墙面增添了一抹情趣。
5. VERB 补充说;进一步说
   If you add something when you are speaking, you say something more.
   1. 'You can tell that he is extremely embarrassed,' Mr Brigden added...
      “你能看出他尴尬极了，”布里格登先生补充道。
   2. The President agreed, adding that he hoped for a peaceful solution.
      总统表示赞同并补充说他希望和平解决。
   3. Hunt added his congratulations, saying 'Nigel has made a cracking job of it'.
      亨特在致完贺词后又补了一句：“奈杰尔干得棒极了。”
6. PHRASE 另外；再者
   You use added to this or added to that to introduce a fact that supports or widens what you are saying.
   1. More than 750 commercial airliners were involved in fatal accidents last year. Added to that were the 1,550 smaller aircraft.
      去年750多家商业航空公司遭遇过人员死亡的事故。另外还有1,550架小型飞机也出过同样的事故。
7. to add insult to injury → see: insult

verb

1. 增加；加添
   to put sth together with sth else so as to increase the size, number, amount, etc.
   1. A new wing was added to the building.
      这栋大楼新添了一座配楼。
   2. Shall I add your name to the list?
      我可以把你的名字写进名单吗？
   3. Next add the flour.
      接着加面粉。
   4. The juice contains no added sugar.
      这种果汁没有加糖。
   5. The plan has the added (= extra) advantage of bringing employment to rural areas.
      该计划还有一个优点，就是给农村地区带来了就业机会。
2. 加
   to put numbers or amounts together to get a total
   1. Add 9 to the total.
      总数再加上9。
   2. If you add all these amounts together you get a huge figure.
      你把这些数量加在一起就会得到一个巨额数字。
3. 补充说；继续说
   to say sth more; to make a further remark
   1. I have nothing to add to my earlier statement.
      我对我早先说的话没有什么补充的。
   2. ‘And don't be late,’ she added.
      “还有别迟到。”她补充说道。
   3. He added that they would return a week later.
      他接着说，他们一周以后会回来。
4. 添加（特色）
   to give a particular quality to an event, a situation, etc.
   1. The suite will add a touch of class to your bedroom.
      这套家具会给你的卧室增添一些典雅气质。