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 v.

频率最高的搭配：

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

increase n.

频率最高的搭配：

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

形容词搭配：significant>large>dramatic>substantial>huge>rapid>sharp + increase

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

词义解析：

1.v.   增大；增加；增强

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。

2.n.  （数量或尺寸）增加；增长

price/tax increases 涨价／增税

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

Homelessness is on the increase in many cities. 许多城市里无家可归者在增多。

 

increased adj.  增加的

频率最高的搭配：

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

 

increasing adj. 越来越多的

频率最高的搭配：

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

increasingly adv. 日渐增多地

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

频率最高的搭配：

increasingly important>grow increasingly>increasingly difficult> increasingly popular>increasingly common> increasingly complex