amass
- v. 积累, 积聚
- Definition
- v. to gather a large amount of something over time
- Example
- Over the years, she managed to amass a huge collection of stamps.
- 这些年来，她积累了大量的邮票收藏。
Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析
Compared meaning: to build up in quantity over time (verb).
比较义项：随时间逐渐增多、积累（动词）。
- gather
Gather is usually intransitive and describes an abstract quality such as speed, strength or momentum building up naturally, without deliberate effort.
gather通常用作不及物动词，指速度、力量、气势等抽象事物自然而然地逐渐增强，并不强调有意为之。
The train gathered speed as it pulled out of the station.
火车驶离车站时速度逐渐加快。
- accumulate
Accumulate is a neutral, everyday word for something building up in quantity over time, often passively, and works for both concrete and abstract things.
accumulate是中性、日常的说法，指某物随时间推移逐渐增多，往往是被动地累积，既可用于具体事物，也可用于抽象事物。
Interest accumulates on unpaid credit card balances every month.
未还清的信用卡欠款每个月都会产生利息并不断累积。
- amass 本词
Amass is more formal and implies deliberately building up a very large quantity of something valuable over a long period, and is almost always transitive.
amass语气更正式，强调经过长期、有意识的努力积累出数量巨大且往往有价值的东西，几乎总是及物动词。
He amassed a large fortune trading rare coins over the decades.
几十年间，他靠交易珍稀硬币积累了大笔财富。
Gather, accumulate, and amass all describe something building up over time. Gather usually has no object, like speed building naturally. Accumulate is neutral, for something building up passively. Amass is formal, meaning to build up a huge amount deliberately. Not compared: gather meaning people gathering.
这三个词都表示某事物随时间逐渐增多或积累，但语气和搭配不同：gather通常不及物，指速度、力量等抽象事物自然增长；accumulate是中性说法，可用于具体或抽象事物的被动积累；amass更正式，强调经长期努力积累出数量巨大的宝贵事物，几乎只用作及物动词。这里不比较gather表示「聚集、聚拢」（人或物聚在一起）的义项。