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增减变化

Increase and Decrease

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增减变化 theme card

上升

Rise

/raɪz/

当供应紧张时,价格会快速上涨。Prices rise quickly when supply is tight.

下降

Fall

/fɔːl/

日落后气温会下降。Temperatures fall after sunset.

增长

Grow

/ɡroʊ/

这家公司去年增长很快。The company grew rapidly last year.

缩小

Shrink

/ʃrɪŋk/

这件毛衣洗后缩小了。The sweater shrank after washing.

扩大

Expand

/ɪkˈspænd/

这家公司计划向海外扩张。The company plans to expand overseas.

收缩

Contract

/kənˈtrækt/

金属在寒冷天气里会收缩。Metal contracts in cold weather.

猛增

Soar

/sɔːr/

本月这款产品的需求猛增。Demand for the product soared this month.

骤降

Plummet

/ˈplʌmɪt/

消息传出后,股价骤降。Stock prices plummeted after the news.

翻倍

Double

/ˈdʌbəl/

她的薪水三年里翻了一番。Her salary doubled in three years.

减半

Halve

/hæv/

这支团队本季度把亏损减半了。The team halved its losses this quarter.

激增

Surge

/sɜːdʒ/

网站在一夜之间迎来订单激增。A surge of orders hit the website overnight.

衰退

Decline

/dɪˈklaɪn/

销售额连续第二个月下滑。Sales declined for the second straight month.

加快

Accelerate

/əkˈseləreɪt/

汽车驶上高速公路时加快了速度。The car accelerated as it entered the highway.

减慢

Slow

/sloʊ/

我们需要把这个过程放慢。We need to slow the process down.

提升

Boost

/buːst/

这次活动提升了线上销量。The campaign boosted sales online.

抑制

Curb

/kɜːrb/

新政策抑制了这座城市的污染。The new policy curbed pollution in the city.

加剧

Escalate

/ˈeskəleɪt/

公告发布后,紧张局势升级了。Tensions escalated after the announcement.

稳定

Stabilize

/ˈsteɪbəlaɪz/

病人的情况在夜间稳定下来了。The patient’s condition stabilized overnight.

波动

Fluctuate

/ˈflʌktʃueɪt/

价格会随着季节波动。Prices fluctuate depending on the season.

持平

Level Off

/ˈlevəl ɔːf/

在快速上涨后,销量在六月趋于持平。After a sharp rise, sales leveled off in June.

增减变化主题短文

镇广场上的天气图先上升,又下降,像在偷偷讲笑话。面包店里销量增长了,于是老板把招牌缩小了一点,希望没人发现。

集市突然扩大了,可一只小狗把气球弄破了,人群惊得收缩起来,随后又笑了。紧接着,喧闹声再次猛增,连咖啡的香味都像飘得更远了。

到中午时,订单骤降,老板差点把甜甜圈翻倍来挽回局面。随后顾客又激增回来,于是老板的心情下降得没有想象中那么厉害。

下午,老师让学生观察数字先加快,再减慢,先提升,再抑制。很快,变化开始加剧,接着稳定下来,偶尔波动,最后终于开始持平。

太阳落山时,曲线终于持平,大家都松了口气。老板说,最奇怪的不是利润,而是那块招牌居然一会儿扩大,一会儿收缩,最后像学会了微笑。

The weather chart at the town square began to rise, then fall, as if it were telling a joke in secret. At the bakery, sales grew, so the owner shrank the sign a little and hoped nobody would notice.

The market suddenly expanded, but a puppy popped a balloon, so the crowd contracted in surprise and then laughed. Right after that, the noise began to soar again, and even the smell of coffee seemed to drift farther away.

By noon, orders plummeted, and the owner nearly doubled the donuts just to recover. Then customers surged back, so the owner's mood declined less dramatically than expected.

In the afternoon, the teacher asked the students to watch the numbers accelerate, then slow, then boost, then curb. Soon the pattern escalated, stabilized, fluctuated, and finally began to level off.

At sunset, everyone felt relieved when the line leveled off at last. The owner said the strangest part was not the profit, but how the sign had expanded, contracted, and somehow learned to smile.

Word list: Grow, Shrink, Expand, Contract, Plummet, Double, Halve, Surge, Decline, Escalate, Stabilize, Fluctuate.