increase(decrease)…by;increase(decrease)…to
与increase,decrease搭配时,by表示数量增加或减少的幅度,即在原有的基础上“增加或减少了多少”;to则表示“增加或减少到多少”。试比较:
The production cost of these trucks has decreased by one third compared to last year.
与去年相比,这些卡车的生产成本降低了三分之一。
The population of India has increased to one billion.印度的人口已经增加到了十亿。