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

adv

This adverb applies to anything that is happening more often, in greater numbers, or with greater intensity. An increasingly hot summer keeps getting hotter.

To increase something is to add to it numerically, like increasing the size of your family by having a baby. Anything that happens increasingly is growing in some way. An increasingly depressed person keeps getting sadder. An increasingly sick patient keeps getting worse. An increasingly corrupt government is getting less and less honest. When you see this word, you know something is intensifying.

WORD FAMILY

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

USAGE EXAMPLES

As he developed tolerance, the pain medications became increasingly ineffective.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

But it became increasingly clear to Chinese officials that smugglers were bringing ivory into the country illegally and marketing it as a legal product.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

But the medical profession increasingly understands that painful as it is, the revolution is necessary and unstoppable.

New York Times(Jan 02, 2017)

adv advancing in amount or intensity

she became increasingly depressed

Syn

more and more, progressively

单词	increasingly
释义	increasingly (once / 429 pages) adv This adverb applies to anything that is happening more often, in greater numbers, or with greater intensity. An increasingly hot summer keeps getting hotter. To increase something is to add to it numerically, like increasing the size of your family by having a baby. Anything that happens increasingly is growing in some way. An increasingly depressed person keeps getting sadder. An increasingly sick patient keeps getting worse. An increasingly corrupt government is getting less and less honest. When you see this word, you know something is intensifying. WORD FAMILY increasing: increasingly+/increase: increased, increases, increasing USAGE EXAMPLES As he developed tolerance, the pain medications became increasingly ineffective. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) But it became increasingly clear to Chinese officials that smugglers were bringing ivory into the country illegally and marketing it as a legal product. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) But the medical profession increasingly understands that painful as it is, the revolution is necessary and unstoppable. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) adv advancing in amount or intensity she became increasingly depressed Syn more and more, progressively
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