augment

verb
🔊/ɔːɡˈment/
🔊/ɔːɡˈment/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they augment
🔊/ɔːɡˈment/
🔊/ɔːɡˈment/
he / she / it augments
🔊/ɔːɡˈments/
🔊/ɔːɡˈments/
past simple augmented
🔊/ɔːɡˈmentɪd/
🔊/ɔːɡˈmentɪd/
past participle augmented
🔊/ɔːɡˈmentɪd/
🔊/ɔːɡˈmentɪd/
-ing form augmenting
🔊/ɔːɡˈmentɪŋ/
🔊/ɔːɡˈmentɪŋ/
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  1. augment something to increase the amount, value, size, etc. of something增加;提高;扩大
    • He wrote magazine articles in order to augment his income.他写杂志文章是为了增加收入。
    • The band had been augmented by two extra trombonists.乐队增加了两名长号手。
    Topics Change, cause and effectc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French augmenter (verb), augment (noun), or late Latin augmentare, from Latin augere ‘to increase’.