在美国当代英语语料库统计的20000个常用词中，increase排在660位和1267位，同一个词却有两个排名，其实是因为increase的词性不同，今天就一起来看看increase、increased、increasing和increasingly的日常用法。
increase v.
频率最高的搭配：
名词搭配：increase + number riskrateyeartaxpricecostamountproductionchancelikelihood
其它搭配：increase dramaticallysiginificantlygreatlysubstantially
increase n.
频率最高的搭配：
名词搭配：percenttaxratepricenumberpopulationcostwage + increase
形容词搭配：significantlargedramaticsubstantialhugerapidsharp + increase
动词搭配：showleadreportresultcauseexperienceindicate + increase
词义解析：
1.v. 增大；增加；增强
The cost of the project has increaseddramatically/significantly since it began. 该项目自开始以来成本就急剧上升。
2.n. （数量或尺寸）增加；增长
price/tax increases 涨价／增税
Any increase in production would be helpful. 任何产量的增加都是有益的。
on the increase 在增加
Homelessness is on the increase in many cities. 许多城市里无家可归者在增多。
increased adj. 增加的
频率最高的搭配：
名词搭配：increased risk use demand level cost pressureratenumber
increasing adj. 越来越多的
频率最高的搭配：
名词搭配：increasing numberpressuredemandrateleveluseamountpopulationcostfrequency
increasingly adv. 日渐增多地
to be increasingly important/common 越來越重要／普遍
频率最高的搭配：
increasingly importantgrow increasinglyincreasingly difficult increasingly popularincreasingly common increasingly complex