incremental

Word family

in·cre·men·tal /ˌɪŋkrəˈmentl◂/ adjectiveadj formal

1 [usually before noun] increasing in amount or value gradually and by a regular amount 〔定額〕增長的

incremental pay scales

遞增的工資等級

2 happening gradually over time 逐漸的，逐步的

Mr Kennedy said that progress on reforms would be incremental.

肯尼迪先生說改革將逐步進行。

a process of incremental change

逐步改變的過程

—incrementally adverbadv

You need to make changes in your diet incrementally.

你需要逐步改變你的日常飲食。

Examples from the Corpus

incremental• In descriptive terms the argument is that decision-making is always incremental.• At best the ads would attract a very small incremental audience to the network.• Behe contends that evolutionists never try to explain how complex systems might have arisen through incremental changes.• The training promises to provide empirical evidence of incremental improvements in staff effectiveness.• A marginal tax rate is the tax paid on additional or incremental income.• Since the incremental value is encoded in the operation field, there is room to specify a store address in the instruction.

From Longman Business Dictionary

incrementalin·cre·men·tal /ˌɪŋkrəˈmentl◂/ adjectiveadj

1an incremental process is one where things happen in small steps

Kaizen, a Japanese concept of incremental improvements in products through team efforts

2an incremental amount, sum etc is small when considered by itself

The cuts are incremental (2% to 3%), not radical, but they add up.

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