vt.& vi. 增加,增大,增多;
vt. 增强,增进;[缝纫]放(针);
vi. 增强;增进;增殖,繁殖;[缝纫]放针;
💡 in向内+crease增→增加
"He had the audacity to ask for an increase in salary."
他竟然厚着脸皮要求增加薪水.
近义:heighten, hike, hypo, increment, intensify, magnify
反义:lessen, lower, reduce, slack, slacken, deescalate
a. 被保持的
近义:kept, undecreasing, sustained, undwindling, undiminishing