| 趋势 | 动词（一般可能为过去式） | 名词 |
|---|---|---|
| 上升 | rose, increased, climbed, grew, jumped, surged | rise, increase, growth |
| 下降 | dropped, fell, declined, decreased, dipped, slided | drop, decline, decrease |
| 保持不变 | stood at, remained virtually unchanged at, leveled off at |
修饰幅度副词（根据需要也可以转变为形容词使用） slightly, modestly, gradually, steadily, noticeably, significantly, remarkably, markedly, dramatically, rapidly, sharply, steeply
通过变化词性实现用词多样化
| 上升 | 下降 | |
|---|---|---|
| 动词 | increased | declined |
| 名词+of | an increase of | a decline of |
| 名词放在句首 | The growth of… | the decline |
| 使用 see | saw a dramatic increase | saw a steep drop |
| 使用 up 或 down | reached …, up… from a year ago | down… |
| 现在分词放在居中 | rising to | dropping to |
| 想在分词 showing + 名词 放在句中 | showing an increase of | showing a decrease of |
| 词组 | was on the rise | in decline |
| 趋势 | an upward trend | the downwarned trend |