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  • Conjugation : past  increased ; ing  increasing
  • Derivatives : n  increaser ; adj  increasable
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

increase ['ɪnkriːs]
  1. 1. noun [c] 增长
    a sharp increase in productivity
    生产率的急剧增长
    an increase of 2 per cent in the volume of sales
    销售量增长了百分之二
  2. 2. vi. [price, level, productivity+] 增长
    The population continues to increase.
    人口不断增长。
  3. 3. vt. [+price, number, level] 提高
    The company has increased the price of its cars.
    公司提高了汽车价格。
    a 5% increase, an increase of 5%
    百分之五的增长
    a tax/price increase
    加税/价
    to be on the increase
    在增加中
    to increase by 3%
    增长了百分之三

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

increase [ɪn 'krɪs] [ɪn 'krɪːs] [ 'ɪnkrɪs] [ 'ɪnkrɪːs]
  1. 1. vt. 使（大小、数量、程度等）增加，增添，增长，扩大；增多，增殖
  2. 2. vi. 增殖，繁殖
  3. 3. vi. （大小、数量、程度等）增加，增多，增大，增长，增强，发展
    The oil price has increased over the past few months.
    油价在过去几个月里一直上涨。
  4. 4. noun 增加；尤指增长；增大；发展；扩大；扩展；增进
    They expect an increase in the price of pork due to cases of disease.
    由于发现了多例病猪，他们预计猪肉价格将会上涨。
  5. 5. noun [archaic] 增殖，繁殖
  6. 6. noun 增加量，增（加）额，增长结果
    a population increase of 10％
    人口增长百分之十

Collins English-English Dictionary

increase
  1. 1. vb to make or become greater in size, degree, frequency, etc; grow or expand
  2. 2. n the act of increasing; augmentation
  3. 3. n the amount by which something increases
  4. 4. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French encreistre, from Latin increscere, from in-2 + crescere to grow
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Examples

They planned to increase staff and thus, to increase production.
因为需要增加产量，他们计划要增加员工。 → thus
a 5% increase, an increase of 5%
百分之五的增长 → increase
a population increase of 10％
人口增长百分之十 → increase
to rate an increase
应予增加 → rate
a retroactive increase
追加 → retroactive
There was an increase in the consumption of meat last year.
去年肉类的消费量有所上升。
The BHS is aiming for a 45% increase of production.
BHS公司的力求将要产量提高百分之四十五。 → aim
The government has announced an increase of 20% of the total incomes for 2007.
政府宣布2007年总收入提高了20%。 → announce
According to the foreign minister's speech, the country will have an increase in tourism of 35% in two years.
据外交部长讲，国家的旅游业在未来两年内将会增长35%。 → minister
They expect an increase in the price of pork due to cases of disease.
由于发现了多例病猪，他们预计猪肉价格将会上涨。 → increase
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