单词详解
1. v.
增加,增大,增多 (make bigger or more; become bigger or greater in amount)
You had better increase the amount. 你们最好把数量再增加一些。
2. n.
增加,增大,增多 (a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; the act of increasing something)
Increase in population made it necessary to immigrate. 人口的增加使向外移民成为必要。
相关词组
1. increase in (使)在……增加;(使)在……增大
Students involved are increasing in number day by day. 涉及到的学生的人数日益增加。
2. increase by 增加了;按……增长
The number of workers has increased by 20% over last year. 工人的数量比去年增加了20%。
3. on the increase 在增加
Our demand for better service is on the increase. 我们对良好服务的需求正在增长。
相关单词
过去式:increased
过去分词:increased
现在分词:increasing
第三人称单数:increases
复数:increases
同义词:growth, gain, raising, advance
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词语辨析:enlarge, expand, increase
词语辨析:increase by, increase to
enlarge, expand, increase
这些动词均有“增加,增大,扩大”之意。
enlarge: 主要指面积或体积等的扩大。
expand: 指范围、程度、体积和尺寸等方面的扩大或增加。
increase: 指数量、强度和大小等方面的扩大或增加。
词语详解
1. enlarge: 主要指面积或体积等的扩大。
My husband wants to enlarge his scale. 我先生想扩大已有公司的规模。
2. expand : 指范围、程度、体积和尺寸等方面的扩大或增加。
China hopes to expand our exchanges and cooperation.
中方希望扩大我们彼此的交流与合作。
3. increase: 指数量、强度和大小等方面的扩大或增加。
Weight lifting is the best way of increasing the bone density.
举重运动是增加骨质密度的最好方法。
increase by, increase to
这两个短语都表示“增长”的意思。
increase to: 表示增长到。
increase by: 表示增长了。
词语详解
1. increase to: 表示增长到。
The population has increased from 1.2milion to 1.8 million. 人口已从120万增长到了180万。
2. increase by: 表示增长了。
The rate of inflation increases by 2%. 通货膨胀率增长了2%。