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.).
雙語例句
1. He introduced radio to the school to increase the children's awareness.
他在學校開通廣播，以提高孩子們的警覺性。
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2. He appealed to firms not to increase their prices unduly.
他呼吁企業不要過度提高價格。
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3. That would increase Olympia & York's holding to 35%.
那樣就會使奧林匹亞約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.
稅賦的增加為這個企業敲響了喪鐘。
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5. Sewage nutrients do increase algal growth in the harbour.