addition
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- n. 添加；[數(shù)] 加法；增加物
英英釋意
- 1. a component that is added to something to improve it;
- "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"
- "the addition of cinammon improved the flavor"
- 2. the act of adding one thing to another;
- "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"
- "the addition of a leap day every four years"
- 3. a quantity that is added;
- "there was an addition to property taxes this year"
- "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks"
- 4. something added to what you already have;
- "the librarian shelved the new accessions"
- "he was a new addition to the staff"
- 5. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
- 6. the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers;
- "the summation of four and three gives seven"
- "four plus three equals seven"