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 。