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Increasing means becoming bigger — in amount, number, or how strong something is. You hear it a lot before a noun: increasing numbers, increasing pressure, increasing worry. That is the still-happening picture. It is also just the -ing form of the verb: prices are increasing. Though actually, careful writing keeps increasing (still rising) and increased (already bigger) apart; everyday speech is looser, and people do mix them. The word itself is ordinary. You will meet it in news and school more than in very casual chat, where “going up” and “more and more” feel easier.
不斷增加的；越來越多的
組成increase + -ing (the still-happening / describing form).
同家族的字
- increasethis is increase + -ing
- increasedthe finished / already-bigger form
- increasinglythe adverb: more and more
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
increasingadj詞源 1/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
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On the increase.
- steadily increasing demand
- The world’s environmental crises are an increasing concern in international politics. Deforestation of the Amazon was high on the agenda of this week’s G7 meeting in Biarritz, France. In September, world leaders will gather in New York for a climate action summit.
increasingnoun詞源 2/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
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businessknittingmanufacturingAn increase.
- Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。