| 词汇 | increase |
| 释义 | increase verb[ I or T ] uk /ɪnˈkriːs/ us /ɪnˈkriːs/ B1 to (make something) become larger in amount or size: 增大；增加；增强 Incidents of armed robbery have increased over the last few years.持械抢劫案近几年增多了。 increase dramatically/significantlyThe cost of the project has increased dramatically/significantly since it began.该项目自开始以来成本就急剧上升。 increase something to somethingGradually increase the temperature to boiling point.逐步加热至沸点。 Increased/Increasing efforts are being made to end the dispute.正在尽更大努力来结束这场争端。 Compare decreaseverb to increase increaseWe need to increase production to meet demand. growThe number of people living alone grows each year. risePrices rose by 10 per cent. go upHouse prices keep going up. escalateCrime in the city has escalated in recent weeks. We need to increase public awareness of the disease.我们需要增强公众对这种疾病的认识。 Our main aim is to increase sales by 12% this year. Studies show that if a working environment is pleasant, productivity increases.研究表明如果工作环境舒适，生产效率会提高。 Students do find that their workload increases throughout the course.学生们确实发现随着课程的推进他们的作业量越来越大。 Life expectancy in Europe has increased greatly in the 20th century. Increasing and intensifying accretion accumulate accumulative accumulatively add fuel to the fireidiom blaze fade go into orbitidiom go up growing growingly heighten inflation mushroom ratchet something up/down re-escalate re-escalation reach a crescendo redouble stake increase noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈɪn.kriːs/ us /ˈɪn.kriːs/ B2 a rise in the amount or size of something: （数量或尺寸）增加；增长 price/tax increaseRecent price/tax increases are costing the average household £150 a month. increase ofThere were 39,000 new cases last year - an increase of six percent.去年有3.9万件新案子——上升了6%。 increase inAny increase in production would be helpful.任何产量的增加都是有益的。 an increase increaseThere has been an sharp increase in municipal taxes this year. riseLast month saw a rise in the rate of inflation. gainWe are not seeing the gains in productivity that we expected. boostWe are hoping for a boost in sales this year. on the increase C1 increasing: 在上升，在增长 Homelessness is on the increase in many cities.许多城市里无家可归者在增多。 The tax increase will add 4p to a litre of petrol.税率上调后每升汽油要涨4个便士。 I've managed to negotiate a five percent pay increase with my boss. The Opposition has condemned the government's proposed tax increases. Some people blame television for the increase in crime. An increase in average temperature by only a few degrees could cause environmental problems worldwide.平均气温仅仅升高几度便可能导致世界范围的环境问题。 Increasing and intensifying accretion accumulate accumulative accumulatively add fuel to the fireidiom blaze fade go into orbitidiom go up growing growingly heighten inflation mushroom ratchet something up/down re-escalate re-escalation reach a crescendo redouble stake increase | American Dictionaryincrease verb[ I/T ] us/ɪnˈkris, ˈɪn·kris/ to become or make something larger or greater: [ T ]They’ve increased the price of gas by two cents a gallon. [ I ]Pressure is increasing to make health insurance more widely available. increase noun[ C/U ] us/ˈɪn·kris/ the act of becoming larger or greater or of making something larger or greater: [ C ]There was a slight increase in unemployment last month. Homelessness is on the increase (= increasing) in many cities. increase | Business Englishincrease verb[ I or T ] uk /ɪnˈkriːs/us to become larger in amount or size, or to make something do this: increase by sthSales have increased by 10%. increase to sthOur gross margin increased to 24%. increase in price/size/valueOver the past two years the department has increased in size. the number/rate/level increasesStaffing numbers increase during the summer months. increase gradually/slowly/steadilyBookings are increasing steadily. Interest rates have increased slightly. increase dramatically/rapidly/significantlyThe volume of work has increased dramatically. increase efficiency/production/productivityThe new measures are intended to increase efficiency. to increase costs/prices/sales This process greatly increases manufacturing speeds. increasingadjective An increasing number of customers shop online. increasinglyadverb Borrowers are becoming increasingly aware of their options, and tend to shop around. increase noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈɪnkriːs/us a situation in which the number, size, or amount of something gets bigger: a pay/price/tax increaseCustomers stocked up, anticipating a January price increase. an increase in sthBusinesses are facing a 12% increase in energy costs. an increase of sthRevenue last year was $347 million, an increase of 26%. a dramatic/significant/substantial increase a small/slight/steady increase See also risenoun on the increase increasing: Credit card fraud is on the increase. Examples of increaseincrease I think there are encouraging developments in technology that are permitting developed countries to 'do more with less', and increasing incentives to do so. Has this increase permitted an increase in the percentage of women? The parallel to phasing out or reducing quantities in tradable permits can be mimicked by increasing the tax. For example, planning breathing between phrases systematically and marking this on the music generally increased their sense of control. Figure 2a illustrates specifically the total expected sampling cost of those plans and clearly shows a trend of increasing cost with smaller sampling units. We find that for zero or moderate surface tension the speed at which a drop or plume rises increases algebraically with time. Opportunity for increasing nitrogen use efficiency from improved lowland rice germplasm. Magnesium increased in the castor bean globoids but remained relatively constant in rice globoids. Correspondingly, men and women with the greatest burden of childcare responsibilities had increased risk of psychological distress, but this risk was significantly greater for men. As regards psychological distress, no association was found with decision latitude, while conflicts at work increased the risk of psychological distress. There is an increasing need for assessments of the status of monkey populations both within and outside protected areas. However, if the rate of inflation is increased excessively, real returns will be driven down to the point where credit market frictions become binding. In a nonlinear environment, it would be enough to have locally increasing returns like setup costs. Since increased canopy reduces the kinetic energy with which raindrops hit the ground, the damage to soil from rainfall is reduced. This represented an increase in the number of recorded hypertensives from 625 to 1077. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withincreaseincreaseThese are words often used in combination with increase. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. across-the-board increase This means that an across-the-board increase in farm output prices of 10 per cent would cause the stock of biomass to fall about 1.3 per cent in the long run. alarming increase Consequently, there has been an alarming increase in the prevalence of nosocomial antibiotic-resistant bacteria. annual increase Respondents estimated that the annualincrease in radiotherapy patient numbers was approximately 5%. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with increase |
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