日益
increasingly; day by day (written style)
Structure
主语 日益 双音节形容词／动词
What it means
“Increasingly; day by day”: a written word for change that keeps growing as time goes by.
How it is built
Subject + 日益 + two-syllable adjective／verb of change: 竞争日益激烈 (competition grows fiercer by the day). With 的 before a noun: 日益严重的污染.
When to use it
Belongs to writing, news and speeches: 日益严重, 日益增长, 日益完善. In everyday speech use 越来越: 竞争越来越激烈.
Watch out
✗ 日益很严重: no degree adverb. ✗ 日益多 ✓ 日益增多; ✗ 日益好 ✓ 日益好转: it needs a two-syllable word.
Examples
家长们越想越怕，竞争也日益激烈。
The more parents thought about it, the more frightened they became, and the competition grew fiercer by the day.
随着经济的发展，人们对教育的要求日益提高。
As the economy grows, people expect more and more of education.
两个城市之间的交流日益频繁。
Exchanges between the two cities are growing ever more frequent.
Learn this in Lesson 48 · HSK 5–6: 鸡娃与双减 (Education pressure and the tutoring ban)
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