ever more
ever more — idiom
1. more and more; increasingly over time.
more and more; increasingly over time.
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
With each passing year, life in São Paulo grows ever more complex and fast-paced.
Lakshmi noticed that her grandmother's memory was becoming ever more fragile after the long winter.
Every summer, ever more visitors come to the park, straining its trails and roads.
- 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
- 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.