| 单词 | increasing |
| 释义 | increasing (once / 123 pages) adj Increasing means getting bigger or expanding. You'll be glad to have an increasing income, but perhaps less glad to have an increasing pants size. The adjective increasing describes anything that grows or becomes greater. Increasing volume from your neighbor's radio will drive you crazy, since it's getting louder and louder. If your tiny school attracts increasing numbers of new students, it's likely that new teachers will need to be hired. Increasing comes from the verb increase, or grow, with its Latin root word, increscere, "to grow upon, grow over, swell, or grow into." WORD FAMILYincreasing: increasingly+/increase: increased, increases, increasing USAGE EXAMPLESBut some lawmakers, particularly Republicans and those representing more rural parts of the state, say they are not enthusiastic about increasing child-care aid. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Its prevalence in Africa is unknown, but anecdotally it is thought to be increasing there too. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Iraqi state TV said Hollande will discuss “increasing support to Iraq and the latest developments in the fight against Daesh,” the Arabic acronym for IS. Time(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj becoming greater or larger increasing prices Syn|Ant accelerative, acceleratory tending to increase velocity accretionarymarked or produced by accretion accretivegrowing by accretion augmentativeincreasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree incorporativegrowing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories maximising, maximizingmaking as great as possible multiplicativetending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree profit-maximising, profit-maximizingmaking the profit as great as possible progressivegradually advancing in extent raisingincreasing in quantity or value decreasing becoming less or smaller depreciating, depreciative, depreciatorytending to decrease or cause a decrease in value detractivecausing to decrease in importance or value diminishingbecoming smaller or less or appearing to do so dwindling, tapering, tapering offgradually decreasing until little remains fallingdecreasing in amount or degree 2adj music Syn|Ant accelerando gradually increasing in tempo crescendogradually increasing in volume decreasing music allargandogradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner calandogradually decreasing in tempo and volume decrescendo, diminuendogradually decreasing in volume rallentando, rit., ritardando, ritenutogradually decreasing in tempo |
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