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Increasingly Greater 英 ɪn'kriːsɪŋli] 美 ɪn'kriːsɪŋli Adv.逐渐地;越来越多地 Farm Land

英语单词 increasingly
英美音标 英 [ɪn'kriːsɪŋli] 美 [ɪn'kriːsɪŋli]
中文释义 adv.逐渐地;越来越多地
英语例句 (1) Increasingly, farm land is yielding to property development.
(2) New Zealand is an increasingly multicultural society.
(3) He grew increasingly to rely on her.
(4) Common preconceptions about life in this district are increasingly being challenged.
中文例句 (1) 地产的发展逐渐占据了农田。
(2) 新西兰已经逐渐成为多元文化交融的国家。
(3) 他越来越依赖她了。
(4) 原先普遍存在著对那一地区生活的成见越来越站不住脚了。
vocabulary简明 This adverb applies to anything that is happening more often, in greater numbers, or with greater intensity. An increasingly hot summer keeps getting hotter.
vocabulary扩展 To increase something is to add to it numerically, like increasing the size of your family by having a baby. Anything that happens increasingly is growing in some way. An increasingly depressed person keeps getting sadder. An increasingly sick patient keeps getting worse. An increasingly corrupt government is getting less and less honest. When you see this word, you know something is intensifying.
柯林斯解释
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[ADV 副词]渐增地;越来越多地 You can use increasingly to indicate that a situation or quality is becoming greater in intensity or more common.
  [ADV adj]
  • He was finding it increasingly difficult to make decisions...

    他发现越来越难以作出决定。

  • There is an increasingly popular alternative...

    有了越来越受欢迎的替代品。

  • The U.S. has increasingly relied on Japanese capital...

    美国越来越依赖日本的资本。

  • Increasingly, their goals have become more radical.

    他们的目标变得越来越激进。

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