ever more

ever more — idiom

1. more and more; increasingly over time.

1.慣用語B2
釋義

more and more; increasingly over time.

例句

The cost of rent in Tokyo has become ever more expensive over the past decade.

ever more + adjective (expensive)

Rania found it ever more difficult to concentrate as the street noise grew louder.

find it + ever more + adjective + to-infinitive

同義詞
  • increasingly

    the direct synonym; more neutral in register and can be used in both formal and informal contexts

  • more and more

    less formal than 'ever more'; common in everyday speech

  • progressively

    suggests a step-by-step or gradual change over time; slightly more technical

反義詞
  • less and less

    opposite direction of change, suggesting decrease rather than increase

文法句型

ever more + adjective

ever more + adverb

ever more + noun

用法筆記

More common in written and formal English than in everyday conversation. Do not confuse with the single-word adverb 'evermore', which means 'forever' or 'always'. The phrase is typically placed directly before the adjective or adverb it modifies.

常見錯誤

The two friends promised to be ever more together.
The two friends promised to be together evermore.
💡'ever more' means increasingly; 'evermore' (one word) means forever.