關於increase的變化，你都明白了嗎?
在美國當代英語語料庫統計的20000個常用詞中，increase排在660位和1267位。
同一個詞卻有兩個排名，其實是因為increase的詞性不同，今天就一起來看看increase、increased、increasing和increasingly的日常用法。
increase
可作動詞和名詞，作動詞時有「增大;增加;增強」的含義，作名詞時有「(數量或尺寸)增加;增長」等含義。
increase v.
名詞搭配：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.
該項目自開始以來成本就急劇上升。
increase n.
名詞搭配：percent, tax, rate, price, number, population, cost, wage + increase
形容詞搭配：significant, arge, dramatic, substantial, huge, rapid, sharp + increase
動詞搭配：show, lead, report, result, cause, experience, indicate + increase
例句：
Any increase in production would be helpful.
任何產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.
許多無家可歸者在增多。
increased
形容詞，意為「增加的」。
名詞搭配：increased+risk, use, demand, level, cost, pressure, rate, number
increasing
increasing adj. 越來越多的
名詞搭配：increasing +number, pressure, demand, rate, level, use, amount, population, cost, frequency
increasingly
increasingly adv. 日漸增多地
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