increase

1、in- "in" + creas- + -e.

increase 增长

in-,进入，使，-cre,增加，创造，词源同create,crescent.

increase

increase: [14] The -crease element in increase (which occurs also, of course, in its antonym decrease) means ‘grow’. It comes from Latin crēscere ‘grow’ (source of English crescent), which combined with the prefix in- to produce incrēscere ‘grow in, grow on’. This passed into Old French as encreistre, which English originally took over as encres. The Latin-style spelling, with in- instead of en-, was reintroduced in the 15th century. Derived from Latin incrēscere was incrēmentum ‘growth, increase’, which gave English increment [15].
=> crescent, crew, croissant, decrease, increment

increase (v.)

early 14c., "become greater in size or number; to cause to grow, enlarge," from Anglo-French encress-, Old French encreiss-, present participle stem of encreistre, from Latin increscere "to increase, to grow upon, grow over, swell, grow into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Latin spelling restored 15c. Related: Increased; increasing.

increase (n.)

late 14c., "action of increasing; results of an increasing," from increase (v.).

1. He introduced radio to the school to increase the children's awareness.

他在学校开通广播，以提高孩子们的警觉性。

2. He appealed to firms not to increase their prices unduly.

他呼吁企业不要过度提高价格。

3. That would increase Olympia & York's holding to 35%.

那样就会使奥林匹亚约克公司的股份上升到35%。

4. The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.

税赋的增加为这个企业敲响了丧钟。

5. Sewage nutrients do increase algal growth in the harbour.

污水中的营养物确实会加快港口的海藻生长。

【enlarge, magnify, increase, expand, multiply, augment, amplify】
这组词都有“增加，增大”的意思，其区别是：
enlarge: 主要指面积或体积等的扩大。
magnify: 可指用光学仪器使物体看上去显得变大；也指事实上把某物增大，有时用于夸张意味。
increase: 指数量、强度和大小等方面的扩大或增加。
expand: 指范围、程度、体积和尺寸等方面的扩大或增加。
multiply: 通常指自然繁殖而产生的增长，有时也指同类事物数量的成倍增加。
augment: 较正式用词，一般指在原有的基础上增加含量而扩大。
amplify: 在科技中常指声音的扩大或电磁波的增强。也指补充了细节、详述或扩大内容等。此词系正式用语。

【increase, reinforce, intensify, strengthen, aggravate】
这组词都有“加强”的意思，其区别是：
increase: v.指数量上的增加。
• The number of people has been increased. 人数增加了。
reinforce: v.增援，一般用于军队或警察的行动；(以添加材料等)加固。
• A police officer saw three thieves robbing a bank and radioed to reinforce him. 一位警察看到三个盗贼抢劫银行，用无线电话要求增援。
intensify: v.使变得更强烈、剧烈，加剧，相当于to become more intense or intensive。
• intensify colors 加深色彩intensify hatred加深仇恨
strengthen: v.加强，巩固，增强，相当于to become stronger。
• Exercising every day strengthens the heart. 每天锻炼可以提高心脏的功能。
• Competition, they believe, strengthens the national character rather than corrupt it. 人们认为竞争加强了民族性而不是破坏了它。
aggravate: v.加重(负担、罪行、病情等)，使之恶化。
• I hurt my foot, then aggravated it by trying to walk too soon. 我的脚受伤了，而过早的下地走路又加重了伤情。

【raise, extend, increase, expand, inflate, add】
raise: 提高
extend: (程度、长度)
increase: 增加
expand: （尺码，数量，稳定性）扩大，增加，提高
inflate: 膨胀，鼓气，涨价
add: 增加，添加

【enlarge, extend, stretch, prolong, inflate, expand, increase, multiply, lengthen, add, augment, amplify】
enlarge: 放大（照片）
extend: 使…（在空间或时间上）更大，更长；伸长，伸展，延展；舒展（肢体），extend sth
stretch: vt 拉长，撑大；绵延，延续
prolong: 人为的延长时间
inflate: 使（轮胎、气球等）充气，膨胀，inflate sth (with sth)
expand: 使…变大，扩大，扩展，expand sth into sth
increase: 增加，增大（数目、数量、体积等），increase sth from…to…
multiply: 成倍的增加
lengthen: 指自然的延长时间或空间
add: 加，添加，add sth to sth
augment: vt 增多，增大，augment sth
amplify: 特指音量，电流等的扩大