vt.& vi. 增加,增大,增多;
vt. 增強,增進;[縫紉]放(針);
vi. 增強;增進;增殖,繁殖;[縫紉]放針;
?? in向內(nèi)+crease增→增加
"He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary."
他竟然厚著臉皮要求增加薪水.
近義:heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
反義:lessen, lower, reduce, slack, slacken, deescalate
a. 被保持的
近義:kept, undecreasing, sustained, undwindling, undiminishing