add to

漢語翻譯

詞意辨析：

add, add to, add...to, add up to

都是add的固定搭配詞組。
add: 作“加，增加”解時，既可作及物動詞，又可用作不及物動詞；作“又說，補充說”解時，與直接或間接引語連用。

• if the tea is too strong, add some more hot water.
  如果茶太濃了，再加點開水。
• after a short while, he added that he would try his best.
  過了一會兒，他又接著說他會盡力。

add to: 意為“增添，增加，增進”。

• the bad weather added to our difficulties．
  惡劣的天氣增加了我們的困難。

add...to: 意為“把......加到......”，是把前一項加到後一項之後或之中。

• add two to seven, and you will get nine.
  七加二等於九。

add up to: 意為“加起來總共是／累計得”，該短語不用於被動語態。

• all his school education added up to no more than one year.
  他的學校教育加起來不過一年。

英文解釋：

動詞 add to:

1. have an increased effect

例句：

1. I have nothing to add to my earlier statement.
   我對我先前說的話，沒有什麼補充的。
2. Being still hale and hearty in spite of his seventy years, my father was able to add to his pension by selling vegetables from his garden.
   我的父親儘管70高齡，身體仍很硬朗，還能把菜園子裡的菜挑出去賣，以掙些零化錢。
3. I didn't want to add to Mother's misery.
   我不願意增加母親的痛苦。
4. The function of an adjective is to describe or add to the meaning of a noun.
   形容詞的作用是描述或增加名詞的意思。