在美國當(dāng)代英語語料庫統(tǒng)計的20000個常用詞中，increase排在660位和1267位，同一個詞卻有兩個排名，其實是因為increase的詞性不同，今天就一起來看看increase、increased、increasing和increasingly的日常用法。

increase v.

頻率最高的搭配：

名詞搭配：increase + number >risk>rate>year>tax>price>cost>amount>production>chance>likelihood

其它搭配：increase dramatically>siginificantly>greatly>substantially

increase n.

頻率最高的搭配：

名詞搭配：percent>tax>rate>price>number>population>cost>wage + increase

形容詞搭配：significant>large>dramatic>substantial>huge>rapid>sharp + increase

動詞搭配：show>lead>report>result>cause>experience>indicate + increase

詞義解析：

1.v.?? 增大；增加；增強

The cost of the project has increased dramatically/significantly since it began. 該項目自開始以來成本就急劇上升。

2.n.? （數(shù)量或尺寸）增加；增長

price/tax increases 漲價／增稅

Any increase in production would be helpful. 任何產(chǎn)量的增加都是有益的。

on the increase? 在增加

Homelessness is on the increase in many cities. 許多城市里無家可歸者在增多。

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increased adj.? 增加的

頻率最高的搭配：

名詞搭配：increased risk> use >demand> level> cost> pressure>rate>number

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increasing adj. 越來越多的

頻率最高的搭配：

名詞搭配：increasing number>pressure>demand>rate>level>use>amount>population>cost>frequency

increasingly adv. 日漸增多地

to be increasingly important/common 越來越重要／普遍

頻率最高的搭配：

increasingly important>grow increasingly>increasingly difficult> increasingly popular>increasingly common> increasingly complex