- 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。
短语
on the increase
- becoming greater, more common, or more frequent正在增加; 更为常见; 更为频繁。
派生词
increasable
adjectiveincreasingly
adverb人们日益把注意力投向健康和生活方式
越来越困难的境地。
词源
Middle English （formerly also as encrease）： from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in- 'into' + crescere 'grow'.