increase
increase
verb
on the increase
increasable
adjective
increasingly
adverb
verb
- become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree
增长；增加；增进；增强
[no obj.]car use is increasing at an alarming rate.
轿车的使用正以令人担忧的速率增长。
[with obj.]we are aiming to increase awareness of social issues.
我们打算增进对社会问题的意识。
[as adj. increasing]the increasing numbers of students.
不断增加的学生数目。
- an instance of growing or making greater
增长；增加；增进
an increase from sixteen to eighteen clubs.
俱乐部从16个到18个的增长。
[mass noun]some increase in inflation.
通货膨胀的一些增长。
on the increase
- becoming greater, more common, or more frequent
正在增加；更为常见；更为频繁
increasable
adjective
increasingly
adverb
- [sentence adverb]
increasingly, attention is paid to health and lifestyle.
人们日益把注意力投向健康和生活方式。
[as submodifier]an increasingly difficult situation.
越来越困难的境地。
- Middle English (formerly also as encrease): from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- 'into' + crescere 'grow'
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