高考必會(huì)詞詳解精練 (7)3

字號(hào):

我的工資今年增加了。
    My boss increased my salary.
    我的老板給我增加了工資。
    [身臨其境]
    2003年高考閱讀理解第4篇:
    ... people fear the increasing use of foreign words is making it hard for the Japanese to understand each other ...
    ……人們害怕不斷增長(zhǎng)的外國(guó)詞匯的使用會(huì)讓日本人互相理解變得困難……
    2002年高考閱讀理解第2篇:
    The demand for organic food is increasing by about one third every year, so it is a very fast?鄄growing market.
    對(duì)有機(jī)食品的需求每年大約有1/3的增長(zhǎng),所以這是一個(gè)發(fā)展迅速的市場(chǎng)。
     (注意介詞by和increase連用,表示增長(zhǎng)的幅度。)
    [拾零]
    decrease:減少;變少。用法和increase基本相同。如:
    The number of students in the school has decreased this year.
    今年在校的學(xué)生人數(shù)有所減少。