关于increase的变化，你都明白了吗?

　　在美国当代英语语料库统计的20000个常用词中，increase排在660位和1267位。

　　同一个词却有两个排名，其实是因为increase的词性不同，今天就一起来看看increase、increased、increasing和increasingly的日常用法。

　　increase

　　可作动词和名词，作动词时有“增大;增加;增强”的含义，作名词时有“(数量或尺寸)增加;增长”等含义。

　　increase v.

　　名词搭配：increase+ number, risk, rate，year, tax, price, cost, amount, production, chance, likelihood

　　其它搭配：increase + dramatically, siginificantly, greatly, substantially

　　例句：

　　The cost of the project has increased dramatically/significantly since it began.

　　该项目自开始以来成本就急剧上升。

　　increase n.

　　名词搭配：percent, tax, rate, price, number, population, cost, wage + increase

　　形容词搭配：significant, arge, dramatic, substantial, huge, rapid, sharp + increase

　　动词搭配：show, lead, report, result, cause, experience, indicate + increase

　　例句：

　　Any increase in production would be helpful.

　　任何产量的增加都是有益的。

　　on the increase 在增加

　　例句：

　　Homelessness is on the increase in many cities.

　　许多无家可归者在增多。

　　increased

　　形容词，意为“增加的”。

　　名词搭配：increased+risk, use, demand, level, cost, pressure, rate, number

　　increasing

　　increasing adj. 越来越多的

　　名词搭配：increasing +number, pressure, demand, rate, level, use, amount, population, cost, frequency

　　increasingly

　　increasingly adv. 日渐增多地

　　to be increasingly important/common 越來越重要/普遍

　　搭配：

　　increasingly important, grow increasingly, increasingly difficult, increasingly popular, increasingly common, increasingly complex