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Sales rose (by) 20% over the Christmas period. 圣诞节期间销售额增加了20%。 -
The research budget rose from £175,000 in 1999 to £22.5 million in 2001. 研究预算从1999年的17.5万英镑增加到2001年的2250万英镑。 -
The divorce rate has risen steadily since the 1950s. 自从20世纪50年代以来,离婚率稳步增长。 -
He rose to his feet to deliver his speech.
他站起来发表讲话。
注意:rise和raise的区别。rise是不及物动词,raise是及物动词。rise是不规则动词变位,raise意为“使升起,举起”,是规则变位,过去式和过去分词都是raised。
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She raised her hand to ask a question.
她举手问了一个问题。
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The company decided to raise salaries for all employees. 公司决定给所有员工加薪。 -
We need to raise awareness about the issue. 我们需要提高关于这个问题的意识。
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the rise and fall of the Roman Empire 罗马帝国的兴衰
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The population increased dramatically in the first half of the century. (那个)世纪上半期,人口急剧增加。 -
…political tensions that might increase the likelihood of war ……政治紧张可能会增加战争的可能性。 -
Crime is on the increase. 犯罪活动日益猖獗。 注意:increasingly作为副词,表示“越来越多的,不断增加的”,修饰形容词。例如
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China is playing an increasingly important role in Asian and international affairs. 中国在亚洲及国际事务中发挥着越来越重要的作用。
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The number of students at the college has grown from 200 to over 500. 学院学生人数从200增加到500。 -
Sales of new cars grew by 10% last year. 去年新车销售额增加了10%。
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A growing number of people/An increasing number of people are taking part-time jobs. 越来越多的人开始做兼职工作。
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The nation’s unemployment rate has been climbing steadily since last June. 去年6月以来这个国家的失业率在稳步持续上升。 -
Prices have climbed by 21% since the beginning of the year. 今年年初以来价格已经上涨了21%。
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soft—soften the skin -
sharp—sharpen the pencile -
broad—broaden my horizon -
hard—harden his attitude -
sweet—sweeten her coffee
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Wage differences in the two areas are widening. 两个地区之间的工资差距正在拉大。
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Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation. 专家认为最近通货膨胀加剧有各种原因。 -
There has been a surge in house prices recently. 最近房价激增。
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All night long fireworks soared into the sky. 整个晚上焰火不断地升入高空。 -
House prices soared a further 20 percent. 房价又飙升了20%。
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The unemployment rate leapt half a percentage point last month, to 8.1%, the highest level since 1983. 上个月的失业率跃升了0.5个百分点,达到8.1%,是1983年以来的最高水平。

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Did a spike in pizza orders near Washington’s most sensitive spots signal something bigger? 华盛顿最为敏感的地点附近披萨订单激增,是否意味着有大事要发生?
💎 用法总结
1. 速度与幅度:climb和grow通常是渐进的;leap、soar、surge和spike则描述快速显著的增加,其中spike尤为尖锐短暂。
2. 使用语境:
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increase和
rise适用面最广,口语表达中也可以使用更加日常的go up,例如Prices have gone up. -
grow, soar, surge, leap常见于描述市场、价格、业务。
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climb常用于排名、等级;
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widen专门描述范围的扩大或差距的加大。
✍️ 如何练习
准确使用这些上升和下降的词汇,更应该关注文本本身。
比如,最近一直在上涨的就是金价了,可以读几篇和金价相关的文章,自然而然地就会遇到这些词汇。
另外,明确表达的意图,是想描述缓慢增长,还是爆炸式增长,还是一个短暂的峰值?
注意,本身就表达“剧增”的单词,比如soar,surge,leap,就不需要和dramatically,significantly,sharply这样表述程度很大的副词连用了。