increment
increment — 名詞
1. a single amount or step by which something becomes larger, added to a total as p
增量
系列中每一次增加的量
a single amount or step by which something becomes larger, added to a total as part of a regular or planned series
Jack added a small increment to his savings fund each week.
Jack 每週都往儲蓄帳戶裡增加一小筆金額。
The scale on the kitchen scale is marked in increments of one gram.
廚房磅秤上的刻度以每格一克為增量單位。
common pattern: in increments of [amount]
In Ada's program, a counter rises by one increment each time a button is pressed.
在 Ada 的程式中，每按一次按鈕計數器就增加一次。
The charity receives its funding in quarterly increments of fifty thousand dollars.
該慈善機構每季收到五萬美元的分期捐款。
Every small increment of practice helped Ife improve her piano playing over the year.
每次小幅度的練習進展，都讓 Ife 在一年內琴藝進步不少。
- decrement
technical opposite, used mainly in programming and mathematics
文法句型
increment of [amount]
in increments of [amount]
用法筆記
Commonly followed by 'of' to specify the size of each step (e.g. 'in increments of ten'). Frequently appears in measurement contexts (scale markings, graduated containers) and programming (loop counters, step values).
常見錯誤
2. the gradual way in which something grows or becomes more advanced over time
增長
逐漸變大或變多的過程
the gradual way in which something grows or becomes more advanced over time
The steady increment of global temperatures worries many climate scientists.
全球溫度的持續上升讓許多氣候科學家感到憂心。
pattern: the increment of [abstract measurable thing]
Doctors tracked the slow increment of Nadia's white blood cell count after the treatment.
醫生追蹤 Nadia 在治療後白血球數量的緩慢回升。
Traffic along this road grew by small increments each month, so the city built a wider bridge.
這條路的車流量每個月以微小增幅成長，因此市政府興建了一座更寬的橋樑。
Constanza observed how bacterial populations changed in tiny increments when she adjusted the temperature.
Constanza 觀察細菌數量如何在調整溫度後，以極小的幅度逐漸變化。
Human understanding of genetics has advanced not by sudden breakthroughs but by careful increments over many decades.
人類對遺傳學的理解並非靠突然的突破，而是數十年間逐步累積的成果。
文法句型
the increment of [something]
用法筆記
Typically describes a gradual or continuous process rather than a single step. Frequently modified by adjectives such as 'slow,' 'gradual,' or 'steady.' Distinguish from sense 1 (AMOUNT ADDED): sense 2 emphasises the ongoing process itself, not a discrete amount within a series.