increase1
KK: [ɪnˈkris]
DJ: [inˈkriːs]
vt.
- 增大；增加；增強
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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
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Foreign investments there
increased five times.
那裡的外國投資增加了五倍。
- 增殖
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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）]
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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
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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’.
