1.Quite a number of firms in India, Asia and the Middle East have stepped up their prices
step up 提高;增加;走近
Their salaries have been much stepped up.
他们的工资已大大提高了。
He's stepping up writing his new novel.
他正在加紧写作他的新小说。
2.so the cost of outsourcing to the initially indigenous BPO destinations is on the rise.
on the rise 在增加;在上涨
This fall of prices is consequent on the rise in production.
这次价格下降是生产提高的结果。
The numbers also demonstrate that intermarriage is on the rise.
数据还表明异族婚姻呈上升趋势。













