英语词汇“increased”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Anything described as increased has become bigger or more numerous. After an increased amount of rain, there could be flooding. A person riding a motorcycle without a helmet has an increased risk of bonking her head.

To increase something is to make more of it. Therefore, anything described as increased has expanded in some way. If there's increased paranoia, there's more paranoia. If there's increased unemployment, unemployment has gone up. If there's increased obesity, more people are obese. The opposite of this word is decreased. Decreased employment and increased unemployment mean the same thing. Tricky!

WORD FAMILY

increase: increased, increases, increasing+/increasing: increasingly

USAGE EXAMPLES

Its numbers increased in 2016 after two decades of decreases.

Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)

In Iowa, fatal crashes involving alcohol or drugs increased 27 percent between 2011 and 2015, while overall fatal traffic accidents fell.

Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)

And the increased use of music, they say, will only help them do that on a show built around musicians.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017)

adj made greater in size or amount or degree

Syn|Ant

accrued, accumulated

periodically accumulated over time

augmented

added to or made greater in amount or number or strength

enhanced

increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality

hyperbolic, inflated

enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness

enlarged, exaggerated, magnified

enlarged to an abnormal degree

multiplied

greatly increased as by multiplication

elevated, raised

increased in amount or degree

redoubled

become much greater in intensity or size or amount

decreased, reduced

made less in size or amount or degree

ablated

made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization

attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened

reduced in strength

attenuated

of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion

bated

diminished or moderated

belittled, diminished, small

made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth)

cut, slashed

(used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply

diminished

(of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval

minimized

reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree

remittent

(of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity

shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken

reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity

单词	increased
释义	increased (once / 88 pages) adj Anything described as increased has become bigger or more numerous. After an increased amount of rain, there could be flooding. A person riding a motorcycle without a helmet has an increased risk of bonking her head. To increase something is to make more of it. Therefore, anything described as increased has expanded in some way. If there's increased paranoia, there's more paranoia. If there's increased unemployment, unemployment has gone up. If there's increased obesity, more people are obese. The opposite of this word is decreased. Decreased employment and increased unemployment mean the same thing. Tricky! WORD FAMILY increase: increased, increases, increasing+/increasing: increasingly USAGE EXAMPLES Its numbers increased in 2016 after two decades of decreases. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) In Iowa, fatal crashes involving alcohol or drugs increased 27 percent between 2011 and 2015, while overall fatal traffic accidents fell. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) And the increased use of music, they say, will only help them do that on a show built around musicians. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) adj made greater in size or amount or degree Syn\|Ant accrued, accumulated periodically accumulated over time augmented added to or made greater in amount or number or strength enhanced increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality hyperbolic, inflated enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness enlarged, exaggerated, magnified enlarged to an abnormal degree multiplied greatly increased as by multiplication elevated, raised increased in amount or degree redoubled become much greater in intensity or size or amount decreased, reduced made less in size or amount or degree ablated made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened reduced in strength attenuated of an electrical signal; reduced in amplitude with little or no distortion bated diminished or moderated belittled, diminished, small made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) cut, slashed (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply diminished (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval minimized reduced to the smallest possible size or amount or degree remittent (of a disease) characterized by periods of diminished severity shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity
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