increase

['inkri:s,in'kri:s]

v.增加, 提高
n.增加, 增强, 提高

例句与用法：

The government is alarmed by the dramatic increase in violent crime.

政府对暴力犯罪案件的急剧增加感到担心。

The workers are trying their best to increase productivity.

工人们正竭尽全力提高生产力。

There was a steady increase in population.

人口在不断增长中。

They have increased the price of petrol again.

他们又提高了汽油的价格。

词形变化：

形容词: increasable | 副词: increasingly | 名词: increaser | 动词过去式: increased | 动词过去分词: increased | 动词现在分词: increasing | 动词第三人称单数: increases |

详细释义：

vt.

增大; 增加; 增强

Travel increases one's knowledge of the world.

旅游增进人对世界的了解。

vi.

1. 增大; 增加; 增强

Foreign investments there increased five times.

那里的外国投资增加了五倍。

2. 增殖

These flowers will increase every year.

这些花会年复一年越长越多。

n.

增大; 增加; 增强[U][C][(+in/on/of)]

His weight showed an increase of 3 lbs. in a month.

他的体重在一个月内增加了三磅。