KEY WORDS & USAGE: addition

 addition [ə`dɪʃən] n. 附加，添加        衍：add v.

He had an addition to his family.

他家添加了一名新生兒。

→因有add to之句型，故addition to具有[使〜增加]的意思。

 

addition noun

1 sth that is added

ADJ.

useful, valuable, welcome, worthy | important, major, notable, significant | latest, new, recent

VERB + ADDITION

make We have made several additions to the collection recently.

PREP.

~ to the latest addition to the family (= a new baby)

2 process of adding numbers/amounts

ADJ.

simple He worked it out through simple addition.

VERB + ADDITION

do She can do addition, but she hasn't learned subtraction yet.

 

ADDITION

[in N] 84% in N

Finding a salon that specializes in hair additions may be difficult.

尋找專門添加頭髮的沙龍可能很困難。

[adj N] 4% new N, welcome N, great N

A secretary would be a welcome/useful addition to our staff.

多聘一名秘書對於我們全體工作人員來說是好消息／會有助於我們全體工作人員的工作。

[N to -ing] 3% N to being, N to providing, N to having

And also is a lawyer in addition to being a psychologist.

除了是一名心理學家之外，他還是一名律師。

[(v) N to n] 3% (be) N to garden, (make) N to salad, (be) N to collection

A secretary would be a welcome/useful addition to our staff.

多聘一名秘書對於我們全體工作人員來說是好消息／會有助於我們全體工作人員的工作。

[amount N] 0% amount N

Fold egg whites into batter in three additions.

將蛋清分成三個加入麵糊。