Amass

(v. t.) To collect into a mass or heap; to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate; as, to amass a treasure or a fortune; to amass words or phrases.

(n.) A mass; a heap.

录入:罗莎莉

• The canton of Berne is the single republic in Europe which has amassed any considerable treasure. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If it has amassed a treasure, it may lend a part of that treasure, either to foreign states, or to its own subjects. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Year after year he quietly and modestly amassed money, and when at length that snug and complete bachelor's residence at No. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Is it not thus that fire is amassed, and makes the greatest part of the substance of combustible bodies? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The authorities are excellent at amassing facts, though they do not always use them to advantage. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Mere amassing of information apart from the direct interests of life makes mind wooden; elasticity disappears. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• What now avails all my toil and labour in amassing honey-dew on this leaf, which I cannot live to enjoy? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

编辑:弗吉尼亚