increased
past simple and past participle ofincrease
| 单词 | increased |
| 释义 | increased past simple and past participle ofincrease increase verb[IorT] uk/ɪnˈkriːs/us/ɪnˈkriːs/B1 to (make something)becomelargerinamountorsize: Incidents ofarmedrobberyhave increased over the last fewyears. Thecostof theprojecthas increaseddramatically/significantlysince itbegan. Gradually increase thetemperaturetoboilingpoint. Increased/Increasingeffortsare being made to end thedispute. Compare decreaseverb to increase
Increasing and intensifying
Examplesofincreasedincreased In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Increasedcortical representation of the fingers of the left hand in string players. From theCambridge English Corpus Magnesiumincreasedin the castor bean globoids but remained relatively constant in rice globoids. From theCambridge English Corpus Correspondingly, men and women with the greatest burden of childcare responsibilities hadincreasedrisk of psychological distress, but this risk was significantly greater for men. From theCambridge English Corpus However, if the rate of inflation isincreasedexcessively, real returns will be driven down to the point where credit market frictions become binding. From theCambridge English Corpus Sinceincreasedcanopy reduces the kinetic energy with which raindrops hit the ground, the damage to soil from rainfall is reduced. From theCambridge English Corpus The squares are replaced by intermittent hexagonal patterns when the aspect ratio isincreased. From theCambridge English Corpus The risk for depression wasincreasedin participants who reported a previous poor pregnancy outcome. From theCambridge English Corpus The effective number of partiesincreasedsignificantly and minority governments without stable support in parliament became the standard type of government. From theCambridge English Corpus For all farm categories, current acreageincreasedfrom 5 years in the past, and farmers predicted further increases in the future. From theCambridge English Corpus Above the lower critical radiation, the plasma generates additional heat flux, and the surface temperature isincreased. From theCambridge English Corpus Also, the practicalities of recruiting might be problematic and, once recruited,increasedawareness of macromastia may further bias the group's usefulness as a comparator. From theCambridge English Corpus In general, receptive-field size tended to increase as the depth of the electrode tipincreased. From theCambridge English Corpus In short, technical change in lowland areas has significantlyincreaseddemand for labor on lowland farms. From theCambridge English Corpus The effects of climate change (for example) include sea level rises, andincreasedfrequencies of droughts, storms, and extreme temperatures. From theCambridge English Corpus Their systems will therefore continue to face anincreasedcost rate as the dependency rate rises. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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