Question

increased adj.增加的动词increase的过去式和过去分词. (1) 上涨的物价使增加的工资化为乌有。(2) 不对信用证增加的金额固定汇率。 To increase something is to make more of it. Therefore, anything described as increased has expanded in some way. If there's increased paranoia, there's more paranoia. If there's increased unemployment, unemployment has gone up. If there's increased obesity, more people are obese. The opposite of this word is decreased. Decreased employment and increased unemployment mean the same thing. Tricky!

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英 [ɪn'kriːst] 美 [ɪn'kriːst] (1) Rising prices neutralized increased wages.(2) Fix exchange for the increased amount of the credit. Anything described as increased has become bigger or more numerous. After an increased amount of rain, there could be flooding. A person riding a motorcycle without a helmet has an increased risk of bonking her head.

英语单词	increased
英美音标	英 [ɪn'kriːst] 美 [ɪn'kriːst]
中文释义	adj.增加的动词increase的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句	(1) Rising prices neutralized increased wages. (2) Fix exchange for the increased amount of the credit.
中文例句	(1) 上涨的物价使增加的工资化为乌有。 (2) 不对信用证增加的金额固定汇率。
vocabulary简明	Anything described as increased has become bigger or more numerous. After an increased amount of rain, there could be flooding. A person riding a motorcycle without a helmet has an increased risk of bonking her head.
vocabulary扩展	To increase something is to make more of it. Therefore, anything described as increased has expanded in some way. If there's increased paranoia, there's more paranoia. If there's increased unemployment, unemployment has gone up. If there's increased obesity, more people are obese. The opposite of this word is decreased. Decreased employment and increased unemployment mean the same thing. Tricky!

Increased Amount Unemployment Decreased 英 ɪn'kriːst] 美 ɪn'kriːst Adj.增加的