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Definitions
- 1. to add
- 2. plus
- 3. (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned)
- 4. to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb)
- 5. to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
Example Sentences
1 shown加 肉。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 加
Tagalog (language)
Luke
without giving due consideration
Singapore
blackcurrant
indiscriminate
Acanthopanax gracilistylus
Leo Karakhan (1889-1937), Soviet ambassador to China 1921-26, executed in Stalin's 1937 purge
Chicago, USA
in addition
Kaliningrad Oblast
Dominica
weighted average
Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
to make considered additions
to add; to augment; to increase
Bulgaria
violently
booster shot
accelerator (computing)
to confer a title an official position
augend; addend
Catalonia
Nebraska, US state
(botany) coca (loanword)
Gary (name)
without milk
to become a member of an alliance or union
indiscriminate
to raise interest rates
UCLA
to aggregate; to calculate the total
Edgar (name)
to pressurize
value added network
Bengal
additive
porgy (Pagrosomus major)
the Commonwealth of Dominica
California
(vaccine) booster shot
Cardiff
to add
to heat
Gaza Strip
lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
to reinforce
to heat
to be promoted
National University of Singapore
to have an extra meal
gavotte, French dance popular in 18th century (loanword)
promotion to the nobility (idiom)
the Algarve (southern region of Portugal)
to increase bit by bit
to surreptitiously add (sth that shouldn't be there)
Ming Dynasty name for modern day Malacca
to double
extra bus or train
Gatling gun
surcharge
Jamaica
Ghana
unrestricted
linear accelerator
Gabriel (name)
Galapagos Islands
Galapagos
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Bengali (language)
undecorated
to seal (with an official stamp)
processing efficiency
syndicate (loanword)
to increase daily
(in former times) coming-of-age ceremony at 20 years
Costa Rica
to try harder
to make heavier
Economic value added, EVA
hydrogenated oil
paying special care
undisguised
more (than sth else)
(of a government authority) to appoint (sb recommended by a subsidiary unit or a non-government organization)
to reinforce
processing plant
to raise salary
moreover
Sea of Galilee
to lengthen
franchise store
Singaporean person
Alaska, US state
additive
Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras
to fluoridate (a public water supply)
see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[ā sī pèi ěr gé ěr]
Guattari (philosopher)
plus-minus sign (±)
see 精誠所至，金石為開|精诚所至，金石为开[jīng chéng suǒ zhì , jīn shí wèi kāi]
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom
Canary Islands
to speed up
sweeten
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
to intensify
ply
a play-off
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
to add up (numbers)
Gasol (name)
Maluku Islands, Indonesia
Dunga (1963-), former Brazilian soccer player
microminiature technology
accelerator pedal
Kalimantan (Indonesian part of the island of Borneo)
sternly
to top up
on the rocks
add-on (software)
Caucasus Mountains
to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
humidifier
nuclear hardening
to increase a bet; to raise (poker); to raise the stakes
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) (computing)
Gardasil (HPV vaccine)
bonus point; extra credit
Jiagedaqi district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, in northwest Heilongjiang and northeast Inner Mongolia
Gran Canaria (in the Canary Islands)
Chandighar, capital of Punjab state of northwest India
to work extra hours
West Bengal
intensive care (in hospital)
Gabon
particle accelerator
Chagas disease
superposition of states (quantum mechanics)
Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Kuala Terengganu, capital of Terengganu state, Malaysia
to add
addend; summand
pressure chamber
to tighten control (over sth)
lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom)
Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain
to seal up (a door with a paper seal, or a document)
Aegadian Islands near Sicily, Italy
Henri Poincaré (1854-1912), French mathematician, physicist and philosopher
end-to-end encryption
Las Vegas, Nevada
Royal Canadian Navy
Sacramento
Agadir, city in southwest Morocco
Diego Garcia tropical island and US military base in the Indian Ocean, main island of Chago archipelago 查戈斯群島|查戈斯群岛[chá gē sī qún dǎo]
Picasso
Jakarta, capital of Indonesia
Madagascar
to raise
okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
extremely difficult
People's Republic of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)
Terengganu, northeast state of mainland Malaysia
to put on extra shows; to extend the run (of a show)
vodka (loanword)
to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
participant
Tagalog (language)
Gospel according to St Luke
plus
Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
additional competition
to pay extra; to pay more
Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan
to add oil
Calvin (1509-1564), French protestant reformer
Tonga
to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
without
curry (loanword)
additional
to work overtime
accumulator (computing)
in the extreme (idiom)
processing cost
Guiseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), Italian military commander and politician
to reinforce (a structure)
(of a drink) iced
Dominica
Canadian Pacific Railway
to blame unscrupulously
correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
Gaza (territory adjacent to Israel and Egypt)
gallon (loanword)
all the more
(before a two-syllable verb) considerably
cannon (loanword)
to superimpose
Alpha and Omega
Riga, capital of Latvia
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
additive
Caribbean Sea
Ghazni (Afghan province)
Epistle of St Paul to the Galatians
Stuttgart city in southwest Germany and capital of Baden-Württemberg 巴登·符騰堡州|巴登·符腾堡州[bā dēng · fú téng bǎo zhōu]
Albert Camus (1913-1960), French-Algerian philosopher, author, and journalist
new post and promotion
additional element
Nicaragua
to give emphasis
prepared piano
Gabriel (biblical name)
B&R Industrial Automation International Trade (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Yemelyan Ivanovich Pugachov (1742-1775), Russian Cossack, leader of peasant rebellion 1773-1775 against Catherine the Great
plus sign + (math.)
Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
Bangalore, capital of southwest Indian state Karnataka 卡納塔克邦|卡纳塔克邦[kǎ nà tǎ kè bāng]
Le Figaro
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Inca (South American Indians)
to go at full throttle
to make a deeper impression on sb
Bugatti (name)
Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
Caracas, capital of Venezuela
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
to increase a price
(bird species of China) Kamchatka leaf warbler (Phylloscopus examinandus)
Galilee
Lake Baikal
Alaska, US state
Gyaca county, Tibetan: Rgya tsha rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet
to become a member
extremely (placed after verb or adjective)
Cádiz, Spain
(finance) to increase one's position
complement
constant acceleration
to accelerate
cyclotron (particle accelerator)
to aerate
lit. to add oil and vinegar
Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso
Gatling (name)
(bird species of China) cackling goose (Branta hutchinsii)
Caroline Islands
to get a better grasp of sth
time course
Kalimantan island (Indonesian name for Borneo island)
Mogadishu, Indian ocean seaport and capital of Somalia
food processor
Jiagedaqi district of Daxing'anling prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区, in northwest Heilongjiang and northeast Inner Mongolia
Trafalgar
Trafalgar Square (London)
Kaliningrad, town on Baltic now in Russian republic
Caltex (petroleum brand name)
increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
eucalyptus (loanword)
Kamchatka (peninsula in far eastern Russia)
(math.) to weight
to impose
with milk
Nebraska, US state
(idiom) to make matters even worse
Ghazni or Ghaznah province of Afghanistan
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
Bay of Bengal
America
Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Málaga, Spain
JDB (Chinese beverage company)
Alaskan malamute
Gyaca county, Tibetan: Rgya tsha rdzong, in Lhokha prefecture 山南地區|山南地区[shān nán dì qū], Tibet
Calcutta (India)
to confer additional titles on a nobleman
a cut above
Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere
fuel nozzle
to increase efforts
Trafalgar Square (London)
redcurrant
Caucasus
to crown
gas station attendant
to try harder
to deepen
Kangar city, capital of Perlis state 玻璃市[bō lí shì], Malaysia
(of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other
voter participation rate
Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas
Bucharest, capital of Romania
America
California
added-value (accountancy)
Volgograd, Russian city on the Volga River 伏爾加河|伏尔加河[fú ěr jiā hé]
Zechariah
California
Air Canada
to ratchet up
linear accelerator
to accelerate
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
post-lexical access
to process
Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)
Sinhalese (language)
cryptocurrency
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
process trade
to participate
gas station
Garcia (person name)
cannon (loanword)
Calgary, largest city of Alberta, Canada
Canada
Canada
progressively increasing
Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space
Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)
widen
Africa
to add something extra
Gardner (name)
to add to
HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship)
see 不假思索[bù jiǎ sī suǒ]
see 阿爾加維|阿尔加维[ā ěr jiā wéi]
Volga River
Robert Mugabe (1924-2019), Zimbabwean ZANU-PF politician, president of Zimbabwe 1987-2017
Jamaican pepper; allspice (Pimenta dioica)
taiga (loanword)
postposition (grammar)
overtime pay
to exert (effort or pressure)
in addition
Madagascar
Kisangani (city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
synchrotron
Galapagos Islands
to raise one's pay
to add interest (to a story)
increasingly
to intensify
Kamchatka Peninsula, far-eastern Russia
to load (cargo)
to expedite
promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
to increase gradually
Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand
University of California
addition
Niagara Falls
Senegal
concept-driven processing
(sports) overtime
promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
value added (accountancy)
Agatha Christie
University of Chicago
Association of Caribbean States
to encrypt
Kigali, capital of Rwanda
cumulative total
to injure
University of Alaska
Strait of Calais in the English channel
(sports) overtime
to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
to feel a mixture of love and hate
to add material to an exam
to feed in
acceleration
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet and novelist