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HSK
to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel / to accelerate; to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on
HSK 2
gas station
HSK 4
to work overtime
HSK 4
to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *加* | 加* | *加
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like , , etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)")
HSK 2
in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
HSK 5
plus / to put in / to add / to add on / to add into / in addition / on top of that
HSK 5
more (than sth else) / even more
HSK 3
to participate / to take part / to join
HSK 2
to process / processing / working (of machinery)
HSK 3
to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in
HSK 4
to heat
HSK 5
to raise; to increase
HSK 3
to accelerate; to speed up; to hasten
HSK 3
to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite
HSK 5
(of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team; (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise; (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie; (of a recording artist) to sign with a label
HSK 6
to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc)
HSK 7-9
(of two or more things) to occur at the same time; to be mingled; to accompany each other
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849), American poet and novelist
widen
(idiom) to make matters even worse / to add insult to injury
HSK 7-9
to intensify
HSK 7-9
to exert (effort or pressure)
HSK 7-9
additional / annex
HSK 7-9
UCLA
to encrypt / encryption / to protect with a password
Caribbean Sea
Volga River
bonus point; extra credit / to award bonus points; to earn extra points
(finance) to raise interest rates
Gaza Strip
(Buddhism) (from Sanskrit "adhiṣṭhāna") blessings / (fig.) empowerment; boost; support; backing / to give one's blessing; to empower / (Tw) to hold an additional (passport etc)
Singapore
accelerator (computing) / particle accelerator
to confer additional titles on a nobleman
to ratchet up / to raise (expectations etc) / to increase (a quota, a position in the market etc) / to up the ante / (computing) to encode
to intensify / to speed up / to step up
HSK 7-9
Canada
to add; to increase
HSK 7-9
addition
(idiom) addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
without / not / un-
indiscriminate
(of a drink) iced / on the rocks
cryptocurrency
to deepen
HSK 7-9
California
Garfield (comic strip cat created by Jim Davis)
weighted average
to impose / to force upon
HSK 7-9
Gatling (name) / Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun
paying special care / with particular attention
(sports) overtime / extra time / play-off
Gabriel (name) / Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation
Gatling gun
University of California (abbr. for 加利福尼亞大學|加利福尼亚大学)
process trade / trade involving assembly
undecorated / unvarnished / no frills
(Tw) intensive care unit (ICU)
accelerator pedal
in the extreme (idiom) / incapable of further increase
processing plant
without giving due consideration / to ignore / to overlook
franchise store
a cut above / top quality
to get a better grasp of sth
undisguised
to add to / supplementary
to go at full throttle / (fig.) to go all out / to kick into high gear
Bugatti (name) / Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. (French car company)
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
complement
unrestricted
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *加* | 加* | *加
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia
to make text bold
additive
America
to crown / coronation
to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate
National University of Singapore
lit. to add oil and vinegar (idiom) / fig. to embellish; to exaggerate (a story, a narration etc)
JDB (Chinese beverage company)
Calcutta (India)
California
Niagara Falls
to add spice; to make it spicy
Bengal / Bangladesh
to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation / to enrage people and make matters worse
West Bengal
to aggregate; to calculate the total / aggregate; total
(vaccine) booster shot
Gabon
Garcia (person name)
(botany) coca (loanword)
poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
to give emphasis / with emphasis
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.

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