名詞 increase:

1. a quantity that is added
   同義詞：addition, gain
2. a change resulting in an increase
3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
   同義詞：increment, growth
4. the amount by which something increases
   同義詞：increment
5. the act of increasing something
   同義詞：step-up

動詞 increase:

1. become bigger or greater in amount
2. make bigger or more

1. The government is alarmed by the dramatic increase in violent crime.
   政府對暴力犯罪案件的急劇增加感到恐慌。
2. The workers are trying their best to increase productivity.
   工人們正竭盡全力提高生產力。
3. There was a steady increase in population.
   人口在不斷增長中。
4. They have increased the price of petrol again.
   他們又提高了汽油的價格。

in.crease

v.（動詞）
in.creased,in.creas.ing,in.creas.es
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To become greater or larger.
增大，增多
To multiply; reproduce.
繁殖；復制
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To make greater or larger.
增加，增大
n.（名詞）

The act of increasing:
增長的行為：
例句：
a steady increase in temperature.
氣溫持續(xù)增高

The amount or rate by which something is increased:
增加率：某事物的增長量或增長率：
例句：
a tax increase of 5 percent.
百分之十五的稅收增長

Obsolete Reproduction and spread; propagation.
【廢語】 復制和散布；繁殖

<習慣用語>on the increase
Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence:
不斷增長,特指出現(xiàn)的頻率：
例句：
Crime is on the increase.
犯罪率在不斷上升

來源：
Middle English encresen
中古英語 encresen
from Old French encreistre encreiss-
源自 古法語 encreistre encreiss-
from Latin incrôscere
源自 拉丁語 incrôscere
in- [intensive pref.] * see in- 2
in- [用于加強語意的前綴] *參見 in-2
crôscere [to grow] * see ker- 2
crôscere [生長] *參見 ker- 2

【引伸】
increas.able
adj.（形容詞）
increas.er
n.（名詞）
increas.ingly
adv.（副詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>increase,expand,enlarge,extend,augment,multiplyThese verbs mean to make or become greater or larger.
這些動詞都有增長、擴大的含義。
Increase applies most widely;it sometimes suggests steady growth:
Increase 應用范圍最廣；有時指穩(wěn)定的增長：
例句：
.Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones. (La Rochefoucauld).
.分別會使平庸的感情削減，卻能使深厚的感情增強. （拉·勞土?？疲?

例句：
The mayor`s political influence rapidly increased. Toexpand is to increase in size, area, volume, bulk, or range:
市長的政治影響迅速擴大。 expand 指在大小、面積、容積、體積或范圍等方面的增長：

例句：
He does exercises to expand his chest.
他做鍛煉以擴大胸肌。

例句：
.Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. (C. Northcote Parkinson).
.擴大工作量以在規(guī)定時間內完成工作. (C·納斯克特·帕金森）。

Enlarge refers to expansion in size, extent, capacity, or scope:
Enlarge 指在大小、程度、容量或范圍等方面的擴大：
例句：
The landowner enlarged her property by repeated purchases.
土地擁有者不停購買以擴充她的財產。

例句：
Our group of friends is enlarging by leaps and bounds. Toextend is to lengthen in space or time or to broaden in range, as of application:
我們的朋友圈在飛速地擴大。 extend 指加大空間、加長時間或擴大范圍， 如以下應用：

例句：
The transit authority extended the subway line to the next town.
交通運輸部門把地鐵延伸到下一個城鎮(zhèn)。

例句：
The baseball season may be extended.
棒球季節(jié)可能會延長。

例句：
.His [Jefferson`s] eye, like his mind, sought an extended view. (Dumas Malone).
.他的［杰斐遜的］ 眼睛，就象他的頭腦一樣，看得很深遠. （杜莫斯·馬龍）。

Augment usually applies to what is already developed or well under way:
Augment 通常用于已經發(fā)展的或正處于進展狀態(tài)的：
例句：
augmented her collection of books;
擴大了她的藏書；

例句：
depression that augments with each visit to the hospital. Tomultiply is to increase in number, especially by propagation or procreation:
隨著每次看病而增長的壓抑之情。 multiply 指在數目上的增加， 尤指繁殖或生殖：

例句：
.As for my cats, they multiplied. (Daniel Defoe).
.至于我的貓嘛，又生了許多只. （丹尼爾·笛福）。

例句：
.May thy days be multiplied!. (Sir Walter Scott).
.愿您擁有越來越多的時間！. （華特·司各特爵士）