accelerator

acceleratore

Pedale che si preme con il piede per far aumentare la velocità di un veicolo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: gas pedal

Espressioni comuni: accelerator pedal, press the accelerator, off the accelerator

acceleratore

Persona o cosa che fa procedere un processo più velocemente.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: an accelerator of something (The discovery was an accelerator of medical progress.)

Sinonimi: catalyst

Espressioni comuni: accelerator of change, growth accelerator, powerful accelerator