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.).
例文
1. He introduced radio to the school to increase the children 's awareness.
彼は子供たちのビジランスを高めるために学校でラジオを開いた。
2.He appealed to firms not to increase their prices unduly.
彼は企業に過度に価格を上げないように呼びかけた。
3.That would increase Olympia& ; York 's holding to 35%.
そうすればオリンピアヨーク社の株式は35%に上昇する。
4.The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.
税賦の増加はこの企業に弔いの鐘を鳴らした。
5.Sewage nutrients do increase algal growth in the harbour.