increase
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/ɪnˈkriːs/
/ɪnˈkriːs/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they increase | /ɪnˈkriːs/ /ɪnˈkriːs/ |
he / she / it increases | /ɪnˈkriːsɪz/ /ɪnˈkriːsɪz/ |
past simple increased | /ɪnˈkriːst/ /ɪnˈkriːst/ |
past participle increased | /ɪnˈkriːst/ /ɪnˈkriːst/ |
-ing form increasing | /ɪnˈkriːsɪŋ/ /ɪnˈkriːsɪŋ/ |
- to become greater in amount, number, value, etc.; to make something greater in amount, number, value, etc.
(使)增长,增多;增加 - Costs have increased significantly.
成本大幅增加。 - to iincrease dramatically/substantially
大幅/大幅增加 - The price of oil increased.
石油价格上涨了。 - increase in something Oil increased in price.
石油价格上涨了。 - increase by something The rate of inflation increased by 2 per cent.
通货膨胀率上升了2%。 - increase from A to B The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.
人口已从 120 万增加到了 180 万。 - increase with something Disability increases with age (= the older somebody is, the more likely they are to be disabled).
身体机能随着年龄退化。 - increase something Sun exposure may increase the risk of skin cancer.
日晒可能会增加患皮肤癌的风险。 - Our aim is to increase the number of women in the sport.
我们的目标是增加女性在这项运动中的人数。 - The company plans to significantly increase product availability over the next year.
该公司计划在未来一年大幅提高产品的可用性。 - increase something by something They've increased the price by 50 per cent.
他们把价格提高了50%。 - increase something from A to B Last month the reward was increased from $20 000 to $40 000.
上个月报酬从2万英镑增加到了4万英镑。 - An increasing number of people live alone.
越来越多的人独居。 - increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere
地球大气层中日益增多的二氧化碳含量
Language Bank illustrateillustrateReferring to a chart, graph or table描述图或表 - This bar chart illustrates how many journeys people made on public transport over a three-month period.
这个柱状图显示三个月期间人们乘坐公共交通往来的次数。
- This bar chart illustrates how many journeys people made on public transport over a three-month period.
- This table compares bus, train, and taxi use between April and June.
这个表比较了四月至六月公交车、火车和出租车的使用情况。
- This table compares bus, train, and taxi use between April and June.
- The results are shown in the chart below.
结果显示在下面的图表中。
- The results are shown in the chart below.
- In this pie chart, the survey results are broken down by age.
在这个饼分图中,调查结果按年龄划分。
- In this pie chart, the survey results are broken down by age.
- This pie chart breaks down the survey results by age.
这个饼分图按年龄对调查结果进行分类。
- This pie chart breaks down the survey results by age.
- As can be seen from these results, younger people use buses more than older people.
从结果可以看出,年轻人比老年人乘坐公交车的频率更高。
- As can be seen from these results, younger people use buses more than older people.
- According to these figures, bus travel accounts for 60% of public transport use.
从这些数字看,乘坐公交车出行占公共交通使用率的 60%。
- According to these figures, bus travel accounts for 60% of public transport use.
- From the data in the above graph, it is apparent that buses are the most widely used form of public transport.
从上图的数据明显看出:公交车是公共交通中使用最广泛的类型。
- From the data in the above graph, it is apparent that buses are the most widely used form of public transport.
Topics Change, cause and effecta2, Moneya2- Demand is expected to increase over the next decade.
预计需求在未来十年将会上升。 - Sales increased almost fourfold in this period.
这一时期销售额几乎增长了三倍。 - The budget has increased by more than a third in the last year.
去年预算增加了三分之一强。 - We need to increase productivity.
我们需要提高生产力。 - Progressively increase the intensity of the exercise over three weeks.
在 3 个星期里逐步增加练习强度。 - You can increase or decrease the font size.
您可以增加或减少字体大小。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- drastically
- …
- be expected to
- be likely to
- by
- from
- in
- …
词源Middle English (formerly also as encrease): from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’. - Costs have increased significantly.