used to describe sth that happens gradually, a little at a time 增加的；递增的◆incremental changes/improvements to existing products 现有产品不断地革新／改进◆slow incremental growth 缓慢渐进式增长
used to describe an increase in a number or amount 增量的；增额的◆The factory then begins production runs in incremental jumps, from 1 000 to 10 000 and on up. 工厂开始了生产运行，增量从 1 000 跳到 10 000，而且还在继续上升。
() used to describe a system in which the amount of money that sb is paid for their job increases regularly 常规增薪◆After three months you will move to the next point on the incremental scale. 三个月後，你将移到常规增薪幅度表上的下一级别。
() used to describe the total change in income, sales, costs, etc. that results from an extra activity, product, service, customer, employee, etc. 增量的（由於活动、产品、服务、顾客、雇员等的增加而引起收入、销售量、成本的总额改变）◆If 12% of possible new customers upgrade their PCs, that could mean tens of millions of dollars in incremental revenue. 如果 12% 的潜在新顾客将他们的个人电脑升级，这可即是说会增加数千万元的收入。◆The incremental cost of delivering one more page of data is zero. 多传送一页数据的增量成本为零。
▸incrementally /ˌɪŋkrəˈmentəli/
adverb
◆The number of employees has grown incrementally over the last decade. 员工人数在过去的十年里逐步增加。