“除了……之外(还)”;“加之”;用于补充说明某事物之外还包含另一事物(后接名词/代词/动名词)。常见近义表达还有 besides、as well as 等(但语气与结构略有差别)。
/ɪn əˈdɪʃən tuː/
In addition to coffee, she drinks tea every day.
除了咖啡之外,她每天也喝茶。
In addition to improving sales, the new policy helped rebuild customer trust by making refunds simpler and faster.
除了提升销量之外,这项新政策还通过让退款更简单、更快捷来帮助重建顾客信任。
addition 来自拉丁语 additio(“添加、增补”),与 add(添加)同源;短语 in addition to 字面意思是“在增补之中/作为补充并且还有……”,逐渐固定为表示“除……外还……”的常用连接表达。