Increase

[ɪn'kriːs] or ['ɪnkris]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of increasing something; 'he gave me an increase in salary'.

(noun.) the amount by which something increases; 'they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare'.

(noun.) a change resulting in an increase; 'the increase is scheduled for next month'.

(noun.) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; 'the increase in unemployment'; 'the growth of population'.

(verb.) make bigger or more; 'The boss finally increased her salary'; 'The university increased the number of students it admitted'.

(verb.) become bigger or greater in amount; 'The amount of work increased'.

編輯:奥斯本--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance; -- opposed to decrease.

(v. i.) To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

(v. i.) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax; as, the moon increases.

(v. t.) To augment or make greater in bulk, quantity, extent, value, or amount, etc.; to add to; to extend; to lengthen; to enhance; to aggravate; as, to increase one's possessions, influence.

(v. i.) Addition or enlargement in size, extent, quantity, number, intensity, value, substance, etc.; augmentation; growth.

(v. i.) That which is added to the original stock by augmentation or growth; produce; profit; interest.

(v. i.) Progeny; issue; offspring.

(v. i.) Generation.

(v. i.) The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon.

手打:维罗妮卡

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Grow, augment, be augmented, become greater or larger.[2]. Multiply, be fruitful.

v. a. [1]. Augment, enlarge, make greater, make larger.[2]. Enhance, raise, advance, heighten, add to.[3]. Extend, prolong.[4]. Aggravate, intensify.

n. [1]. Augmentation, enlargement, extension, expansion, growth, addition, accession, increment.[2]. Product, produce, gain, profit.[3]. Offspring, issue, progeny, descendants.

錄入:赛斯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:acception, growth, extension,[See AUGMENTATION]

SYN:Advance, heighten, dilutenhance, aggregate, pile_up, raise, magnify, spread,[See DECREASE]

整理:纳撒尼尔

解釋/意思:

v.i. to grow in size: to become greater: to advance.—v.t. to make greater: to advance: to extend: to aggravate.—adj. Increas′able.—ns. Increas′ableness; In′crease growth: addition to the original stock: profit: produce: progeny.—adj. Increase′ful (Shak.) abundant of produce.—adv. Increas′ingly in the way of increase.

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