To augment something is to add to it so that it becomes larger, stronger, or more useful.

To augment something augment某個東西 is to add to it so that it becomes larger, stronger, or more useful意思是替它增加，讓它變得更大、更強或更有用。

A school might augment its budget with a gift. A writer might augment a story with new scenes. In medicine, a doctor may augment a treatment by adding another drug.

A school might augment its budget with a gift學校可能會用一筆捐款augment（增加）預算。A writer might augment a story with new scenes作家可能會用新場景augment一個故事。In medicine在醫學上，a doctor may augment a treatment by adding another drug醫生可能會加一種藥來augment療程。

The word feels more formal than increase or add to; you see it in reports, academic writing, and technical talk more than in kitchen conversation.

The word feels more formal than increase or add to這個字感覺比increase或add to更正式；you see it in reports, academic writing, and technical talk more than in kitchen conversation你在報告、學術寫作和技術性談話裡看到它的機會，遠比在閒聊裡多。

A very common modern use is augmented reality: computer pictures laid over the real world through a phone or glasses.

A very common modern use is augmented reality現代很常見的用法是augmented reality（擴增實境）：computer pictures laid over the real world through a phone or glasses指透過手機或眼鏡，把電腦影像疊加在真實世界上。

People also use an augment as a noun, meaning the extra bit itself, but the verb is the usual one.

People also use an augment as a noun人們也會把augment當名詞用，meaning the extra bit itself意思是額外增加的那部分本身，but the verb is the usual one不過動詞用法才是常見的。