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。
She raised her hand to ask a question.
她举手问了一个问题。
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。
the rise and fall of the Roman Empire 罗马帝国的兴衰
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
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。
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%。
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。
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%。
soft---soften the skin sharp---sharpen the pencile broad---broaden my horizon hard---harden his attitude sweet---sweeten her coffee
Wage differences in the two areas are widening. 两个地区之间的工资差距正在拉大。
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。
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％。
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。
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：
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。
climb常用于排名、等级；
Spike用于瞬时数据峰值。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。