increase
/ˌɪnˈkris/KK
/ˌɪnˈkɹis/IPA
ɪn·kris
變化形
increased
increased
increases
increasing
1.
增加；提高
使某事物的數量、程度、價格或強度變得更大或更高。
用法：可用「增加某物＋百分比」或「把某物增加到＋數字」。increase by 表示增加的幅度；increase to 表示增加後達到的數字。
The school increased the number of school cars during the rainy season.
下雨的季節，學校增加了校車的數量。
The store increased the price of milk by ten dollars.
那間商店把牛奶的價格提高了十元。
2.
增加；上升；成長
某數量、程度、價格或活動自行變得更大、更高或更多。
用法：increase by 後接增加的幅度；increase to 後接最後達到的數字。若要說明增加的項目，常用 increase in＋名詞。
The temperature usually increases quickly in the morning.
氣溫通常在早上快速上升。
The number of orders increased by twenty for every one hundred orders during the holiday sale.
假日促銷期間，訂單數量每一百筆增加了二十筆。
3.
增加；增幅；成長
數量、程度、價格等變多或變高的情況，或增加的數額。
用法：increase 作可數名詞時，單數前通常需要冠詞或其他限定詞，例如 an increase。常見搭配是 an increase in＋事物，而不是 an increase of＋事物。
There has been a sharp increase in the number of people ordering food this month.
這個月訂餐的人數大幅增加。
My father received a pay increase after working at the company for two years.
我爸爸在那間公司工作兩年後獲得加薪。
常見錯誤
The number of students increased 50 students.
The number of students increased by 50.
There was an increase of students in our school.
There was an increase in the number of students at our school.
The company increased.
The company grew. ／ The company increased its sales.
The school made an increase in the tuition.
The school increased the tuition. ／ There was an increase in tuition.
相關字詞
學習提示
・increase 是正式與日常情境都常用的中性字，可用於具體數字，也可用於抽象概念，例如信心、壓力與興趣。
・記住 by 是「增加了多少」，to 是「增加到多少」。例如 prices increased by 10 percent 與 prices increased to 110 dollars 的意思不同。
・名詞 increase 常搭配 an、the、a sharp 等限定詞或修飾語；不要在單數名詞前漏掉冠詞。