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增修
  • [zēnɡxiū]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

增修 [zēnɡxiū]
  1. 1. verb To increase construction.
    为了方便居民, 开发商决定在小区附近增建一片商业区。
    In order to provide convenience for the residents, the developer decided to build one more industrial zone near the housing estate.
    由于连年的扩招, 学校不得不增修些校舍。
    Because of the continuously increasing enrolment, the school has to build more schoolhouses.
  2. 2. verb To add and revise.
    由于医学发展太快, 医学院的教学用书不得不每五年增修一次。
    As medical science is developing rapidly, the textbooks for medical schools have to be revised with new contents.
  3. 3. verb To study additional courses.
    她利用课余时间增修古汉语。
    She spent her time after class studying archaic Chinese.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

增修 [zēnɡxiū]
  1. 1. 增加修建
    增修了一座教学楼。
  2. 2. 增加并修订
    增修后的版本比第一版好多了。
  3. 3. 在原有基础上多学习另外课程
    增修一门外语。

Examples

由于医学发展太快, 医学院的教学用书不得不每五年增修一次。
As medical science is developing rapidly, the textbooks for medical schools have to be revised with new contents. 增修
她利用课余时间增修古汉语。
She spent her time after class studying archaic Chinese. 增修
增修了一座教学楼。 增修
增修后的版本比第一版好多了。 增修
增修一门外语。 增修

Word Decomposition


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