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

单词	increase
释义	in·crease I. \(ˈ)in\|krēs, ənˈk-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English encresen, incresen, from Middle French encreiss-, stem of encreistre, encroistre, from Latin increscere, from in- in- (II) + crescere to grow — more at crescent *intransitive verb* 1. : to become greater in some respect (as in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth) : grow, advance, wax — opposed to decrease < his wealth increased over the years > < increasing in knowledge through study > 2. : to multiply by the production of young : be prolific < the herd increases yearly > 3. of a Latin noun or adjective : to have a syllable more in the genitive than in the nominative (as in rex, regis) *transitive verb* 1. : to make greater in some respect (as in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount) : add to : enhance < increase his possessions > 2. archaic : to cause to be richer, more prosperous, or more powerful : enrich, promote 3. : to add (a stitch) to knitting by knitting twice in the same stitch (as in the front and the back of the stitch) Synonyms: enlarge, augment, multiply: increase intransitively may carry the idea of progressive growth in numbers, size, amount, quantity or intensity < our population is increasing > < prices increased on all necessities — Collier's Year Book > < the rice yield to the acre increased with improved methods — American Guide Series: Texas > transitively this notion is not so prominent < the trustees increased salaries > enlarge suggests expansion or extension of any sort < to enlarge a building > < enlarging the farm > < enlarging the personnel of the department > < the abundant opportunities which the aesthetic realm provides to enlarge our experience — Hunter Mead > < early New England life when strong men enjoyed religion and enlarged their minds by profound metaphysical discussion — C.A.Dinsmore > augment intransitively may suggest further growth, development, or increase of something already grown or developed < the literature of cryptography, both in the form of secret government manuals and openly published books, had augmented enormously since 1880 — Fletcher Pratt > transitively it may suggest addition to sufficiency or ampleness < the city police, augmented by special deputies, were also called out — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < by their weight, which was augmented by laying a number of old rails on the top, these slabs have the effect of preventing any tendency for the clay to work up — O.S.Nock > multiply intransitively may suggest increase by natural generation < in those days the Anglo-American stock, a very fine one, multiplied like rabbits — W.R.Inge > < mosquitoes multiply rapidly > in all uses it is likely to indicate increasing manifold < skins which would multiply Mr. Astor's wealth — Meridel Le Sueur > < those ships had multiplied until their very numbers were menacing — Kenneth Roberts > II. \ˈinˌkrēs also ə̇nˈk-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English encres, incres, from encresen, incresen, v. 1. : act of increasing: as a. : addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance : augmentation, growth, multiplication < an increase of knowledge > b. obsolete : production of young : propagation c. obsolete (1) : growth in wealth, dignity, or influence : advancement (2) : the rising of flood or tidal waters 2. : something that results from or is produced by increasing : an addition or increment : something that is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth (as progeny, issue, offspring, produce, profit, interest)
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