accelerator

Gaspedal

Das Pedal, auf das man tritt, damit ein Fahrzeug schneller fährt.

In einfachem Englisch: The pedal you press with your foot to make a vehicle go faster.

• Press the accelerator gently.
• She took her foot off the accelerator.
• The accelerator stuck as he drove up the hill.

Synonyme: gas pedal

Häufige Wendungen: accelerator pedal, press the accelerator, off the accelerator

Beschleuniger

Eine Person oder Sache, die einen Vorgang schneller ablaufen lässt.

In einfachem Englisch: A person or thing that makes a process happen faster.

• Competition can be an accelerator of change.
• The grant acted as an accelerator for research.
• New technology became a powerful accelerator of economic growth.

So benutzt man es: an accelerator of something (The discovery was an accelerator of medical progress.)

Synonyme: catalyst

Häufige Wendungen: accelerator of change, growth accelerator, powerful accelerator