in·crease
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/ɪnˈkriːs/
/ɪnˈkriːs/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| 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.
成本大幅增加了。 - to increase dramatically/substantially
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.
通货膨胀率增长了 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 The effectiveness of the vaccine increases with time (= the more time passes, the more effective it is).
疫苗的有效性随着时间的推移而增强（=时间越长，效果越好）。 - 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.
我们的目标是增加参与这项运动的女性人数。 - The company plans to significantly increase product availability over the next year.
公司计划明年大幅增加产品供应。 - increase something by something They've increased the price by 50 per cent.
他们已经把价格提高了 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 万美元提高到了 4 万美元。 - 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- 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 per cent of public transport use.
根据这些数字，公交车出行占公共交通出行的 60%。
- According to these figures, bus travel accounts for 60 per cent 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.
Extra ExamplesTopics 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.
您可以增大或减小字体大小。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- dramatically
- drastically
- …
- be expected to
- be likely to
- by
- from
- in
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (formerly also as encrease): from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’. - Costs have increased significantly.