- 1不斷增加的；越來越多的
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.
increasing 的意思是變得更大，可以是數量變多、份量變重，或是力量變強。它最常放在名詞前面，固定寫法是「increasing ＿＿」，例如 increasing numbers、increasing pressure、increasing worry，畫面是還在不斷往上走的樣子。它也是動詞 increase 的 -ing 形式，像「prices are increasing」，表示價格正在上漲。
寫得謹慎的時候，increasing 指還在上升的過程，「increased」則是已經變大的結果，兩者的畫面不同。日常口語比較隨便，人們會混用。這個字在新聞和學校的文章裡很常見，比較少出現在很隨意的聊天中，那裡人們通常會說往上走或越來越多。
From the word’s history
From increase + -ing.
由 increase 加上 -ing 組成。
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，摘錄並精簡格式，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.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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