increase1
  
  
	      			KK: [ɪnˈkris]
	      			DJ: [inˈkriːs]
  
    vt.
    
      - 增大;增加;增強![]() Travel  increases one's knowledge of the world. 旅遊增進人對世界的了解。 
vi.
    
      - 增大;增加;增強![]() Foreign investments there  increased five times. 那裡的外國投資增加了五倍。 
- 增殖![]() These flowers will  increase every year. 這些花會年復一年越長越多。 
 
  衍生
  
    n.
    increaser
    ad.
    increasingly
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
increase2
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈɪnkris]
	      			DJ: [ˈinkriːs]
  
    n.
    
      - 增大;增加;增強[U][C][(+in/on/of)]![]() His weight showed an  increase of 3 lbs. in a month. 他的體重在一個月內增加了三磅。 
 
  片語
  
    on the increase
    
      - 正在增加![]() Crime is  on the increase. 犯罪事件正在增加。 
 
 
  v.
  
/
ɪnˈkriːs/
 make or become greater in size, amount, or degree.
n.
  
/
ˈɪŋkriːs/
 an instance of increasing.
Derivative
  
    - increasable adj.
- increasing adj.
- increasingly adv.
 
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. encreistre, from L. increscere, from in- ‘into’ + crescere ‘grow’.