increase: [14] The -crease element in increase (which occurs also, of course, in its antonym decrease) means ‘grow’. It comes from Latin crēscere ‘grow’ (source of English crescent), which combined with the prefix in- to produce incrēscere ‘grow in, grow on’. This passed into Old French as encreistre, which English originally took over as encres. The Latin-style spelling, with in- instead of en-, was reintroduced in the 15th century. Derived from Latin incrēscere was incrēmentum ‘growth, increase’, which gave English increment [15]. => crescent, crew, croissant, decrease, increment
increase (v.)
early 14c., "become greater in size or number; to cause to grow, enlarge," from Anglo-French encress-, Old French encreiss-, present participle stem of encreistre, from Latin increscere "to increase, to grow upon, grow over, swell, grow into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Latin spelling restored 15c. Related: Increased; increasing.
increase (n.)
late 14c., "action of increasing; results of an increasing,"
from increase (v.).
双语例句
1. He introduced radio to the school to increase the children's awareness.
他在学校开通广播，以提高孩子们的警觉性。
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2. He appealed to firms not to increase their prices unduly.
他呼吁企业不要过度提高价格。
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3. That would increase Olympia & York's holding to 35%.
那样就会使奥林匹亚约克公司的股份上升到35%。
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4. The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.
税赋的增加为这个企业敲响了丧钟。
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5. Sewage nutrients do increase algal growth in the harbour.