accelerate

• vt......を速くする；......の速度を上げる。
• 加速させる；促進させる；増加させる

接頭辞ac-はad-と同じ。加速する」という語根celerについては、celerity、rapidityを参照のこと。

accelerate

accelerate: [16] Accelerate comes from Latin accelerāre, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ad- (ac- before /k/ sounds) and celerāre ‘hurry’. Celerāre, in turn, derived from the adjective celer ‘fast’ (which gave English celerity [15] and is ultimately related to hold).

accelerate (v.)

1520s, from Latin acceleratus, past participle of accelerare "to hasten, quicken," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + celerare "hasten," from celer "swift" (see celerity). Related: Accelerated; accelerating.

1. We need to accelerate the pace of change in our backward country.

遅れている祖国のために変革の歩みを速めなければならない。

2.Perhaps the fact that the car was tailgating him made him accelerate .

その車がきつくついてきたから加速したのかもしれない。

3.Inflation continues to accelerate .

インフレは加速している。

4.Our country should accelerate the economic growth.

我が国は経済成長を加速すべきである。

5.He decided to accelerate his advertising.

広告の数を増やすことにした。