0 to collect a large number of things over a long period of time -- 積累;積聚;積攢
As people accumulate more wealth, they tend to spend a greater proportion of their incomes. 人們積累了更多財富後,他們的花費佔收入的比重也往往會增加。
The company said the debt was accumulated during its acquisition of nine individual businesses. 該公司稱其在收購九家個體公司的過程中,債務越積越多。
We've accumulated so much rubbish over the years. 多年來我們已經堆積了這麼多的垃圾。
A thick layer of dust had accumulated in the room. 房間裡積了厚厚一層灰塵。
If you don't go through the papers on your desk on a regular basis, they just keep on accumulating. 如果你不去定期整理辦公桌上的文檔,它們就會越積越多。
It can be dangerous to let too much soot accumulate inside a chimney.
During a successful business career, she accumulated a great amount of wealth.
After a long career in the antiques trade, Harry had accumulated many rare treasures.
During our six years in this house, we seem to have accumulated an awful lot of junk.
Why don't you just do a little ironing every now and then, instead of letting it accumulate?
Dislocations of the walls are also due to the accumulating odometry errors of the platform.
The achievements accumulated after his practical turn brought him finally back to questions of a theory of motion from which he had once started.
Over the period from 1977 to 1997, we accumulated more than $3 trillion of national debt.