“price increase” 指“价格上涨、提价”，常用于描述商品、服务或成本在一段时间内变得更贵。（也可说 a rise in prices；更口语的动词表达是 raise prices。）
/praɪs ɪnˈkriːs/
The company announced a price increase last week.
公司上周宣布提价。
After the price increase, many customers switched to cheaper alternatives because the overall cost became too high for them.
提价之后，许多顾客转向更便宜的替代品，因为总体成本对他们来说变得太高。
price 来自古法语 pris（“价值、价格”），与“估价、定价”的概念相关；increase 来自拉丁语 increscere（“增长、变多”）。合在一起就是“价格的增长/上涨”。
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