今日问题

⊙关于increase的变化，你都明白了吗？⊙

在美国当代英语语料库统计的20000个常用词中，increase排在660位和1267位。

同一个词却有两个排名，其实是因为increase的词性不同，今天就一起来看看increase、increased、increasing和increasingly的日常用法。





increase

可作动词和名词，作动词时有“增大；增加；增强”的含义，作名词时有“（数量或尺寸）增加；增长”等含义。

increase v.

名词搭配：increase+ number, risk, rate，year, tax, price, cost, amount, production, chance, likelihood

其它搭配：increase + dramatically, siginificantly, greatly, substantially

例句：

The 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 n.

名词搭配：percent, tax, rate, price, number, population, cost, wage + increase

形容词搭配：significant, arge, dramatic, substantial, huge, rapid, sharp + increase

动词搭配：show, lead, report, result, cause, experience, indicate + increase

例句：

Any increase in production would be helpful.

任何产量的增加都是有益的。

on the increase 在增加

例句：

Homelessness is on the increase in many cities.

许多无家可归者在增多。





increased

形容词，意为“增加的”。

名词搭配：increased+risk, use, demand, level, cost, pressure, rate, number



increasing

increasing adj. 越来越多的

名词搭配：increasing +number, pressure, demand, rate, level, use, amount, population, cost, frequency



increasingly

increasingly adv. 日渐增多地

to be increasingly important/common 越來越重要／普遍

搭配：

increasingly important, grow increasingly, increasingly difficult, increasingly popular, increasingly common, increasingly complex