一. 上升增長
up to 增加了eg. The total amount of added up to 14 billion pounds in 1994. 2. to jump to / to soar to 一躍達到/ 猛增到
eg. The total working days lost soared to 10 million in 1979.
increase of aboutpercent as compared with 與相比大約增加了
eg. In August as many as 39 car accidents were reported, indicating an increase of about 79% as compared with the number of January.
experience an increase/incline 有了增長
eg. Tobacco consumption is experiencing an incline.
二. 下降，減少
sink/drop/reduce to 減少到
eg. The rate of strikes sank/dropped to the lowest point in 1979.
experience a decrease/decline 有了減少
eg. Tobacco consumption is experiencing a decrease. 注意：
修飾上升/減少的副詞有：
rapidly slowly dramatically respectively 表達上升/減少的最後狀態的詞有：
the highest peak the lowest point 10 million 10%
三. 起伏
go up and down 起伏不定
eg. The strike rate went up and down during the period from 1952 to 1967.
e be ups and downs 有起有伏
eg. Between 1972 and 1979, there were several ups and downs in .
