加速 jiāsù to accelerate
to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
怎么记住“加速”: 加 to add + 速 prompt = to accelerate.
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- To speed up / accelerate - 汽车加速 (qìchē jiāsù) the car accelerates; 加速经济发展 (jiāsù jīngjì fāzhǎn) speed up economic growth.
- Works for both physical motion and abstract processes; the opposite is 减速 (jiǎnsù, slow down) - 汽车减速 (qìchē jiǎnsù) the car slows down.
- Contrast 加快 (jiākuài), roughly synonymous but colloquial and about pace (加快脚步 quicken one's steps); 加速 leans more technical.