grow
- v.扩大，增加，增强;（使）生长，（使）发育;长大，长高，发育，成长;<主美>使增长，发展;栽种，种植;饲养，生产;发生，产生;逐渐变得，逐渐成为;（使）留长，蓄长;逐渐开始;提升品质
growverb
增加 increase
扩大；增加；增强
to increase in size, number, strength or quality
The company profits grew by 5% last year.
去年公司的利润增加了5%。
The family has grown in size recently.
这家人最近添丁进口了。
She is growing in confidence all the time.
她的信心在不断增强。
A growing number of people are going vegetarian.
越来越多的人开始吃素了。
Fears are growing for the safety of a teenager who disappeared a week ago.
大家对那一周前失踪少年的安危越来越担忧。
The company is growing bigger all the time.
这家公司在不断地扩大。
人；动物 of person/animal
长大；长高；发育；成长
to become bigger or taller and develop into an adult
You've grown since the last time I saw you!
自从我上次见到你后，你又见长了！
Nick's grown almost an inch in the last month.
尼克这一个月来长高了差不多一英寸。
to grow bigger/taller
长大 / 高了
植物 of plant
（使）生长，发育
to exist and develop in a particular place; to make plants grow
The region is too dry for plants to grow.
这地区干燥得草木不生。
Tomatoes grow best in direct sunlight.
西红柿在阳光直射下长得最好。
I didn't know they grew rice in France.
我本来不知道法国也种稻子。
头发；指甲 of hair/nails
（使）留长，蓄长
to become longer; to allow sth to become longer by not cutting it
I've decided to let my hair grow.
我已决定留长发。
I've decided to grow my hair.
我已决定留长发。
I didn't recognize him─he's grown a beard.
我没认出他来——他留胡子了。
变成；开始 become/begin
逐渐变得；逐渐成为
to begin to have a particular quality or feeling over a period of time
to grow old/bored/calm
变老；腻烦起来；平静下来
As time went on he grew more and more impatient.
时间长了，他越来越没有耐心。
The skies grew dark and it began to rain.
天渐渐黑了，又下起雨来。
逐渐开始
to gradually begin to do sth
I'm sure you'll grow to like her in time.
我肯定你慢慢就会喜欢她了。
培养技能 develop skills
提升品质；培养技能
to develop and improve particular qualities or skills
She continues to grow as an artist.
她作为艺术家不断有所提高。
业务 business
扩大；扩展；增加
to increase the size, quality or number of sth
We are trying to grow the business.
我们正在努力扩展业务。
used to tell sb not to use sth or spend money carelessly because you do not have a lot of it
used to say that when you are away from sb that you love, you love them even more
to not delay in getting things done
（与某人）逐渐疏远，渐渐产生隔阂
to stop having a close relationship with sb over a period of time
逐渐疏远某人；对某人的依赖（或关心）减少
to become less close to sb; to depend on sb or care for sb less
When she left school she grew away from her mother.
她中学毕业后就不再那么依赖母亲了。
（砍掉或毁坏后）又生长起来
to begin growing again after being cut off or damaged
逐渐为某人所喜爱
if sb/sth grows on you, you start to like them or it more and more
因头发长长而消失
to disappear as your hair grows
I had a perm a year ago and it still hasn't grown out.
我一年前烫的发，现在发型依旧。
让头发长长以变换发型
to allow your hair to grow in order to change the style
I've decided to grow my layers out.
我决定留长发好让层次消失。
something large and successful often begins in a very small way
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VERB 生长；长大；发育
When people, animals, and plants grow, they increase in size and change physically over a period of time.We stop growing at maturity.
我们成年之后不再长个儿。
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VERB 成活；生长
If a plant or tree grows in a particular place, it is alive there.The station had roses growing at each end of the platform.
车站月台的两头种着玫瑰花。
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VERB 栽种；种植
If you grow a particular type of plant, you put seeds or young plants in the ground and look after them as they develop.I always grow a few red onions...
我总是喜欢种一些红洋葱。
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VERB （毛发、指甲等）变长
When someone's hair grows, it gradually becomes longer. Your nails also grow.Then the hair began to grow again and I felt terrific.
然后，头发又长起来了，我感觉棒极了。
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VERB 留长（头发或指甲）；蓄（胡须）
If someone grows their hair, or grows a beard or moustache, they stop cutting their hair or shaving so that their hair becomes longer. You can also grow your nails.I'd better start growing my hair.
我最好开始留头发。
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VERB 成长；长大；成熟
If someone grows mentally, they change and develop in character or attitude.They began to grow as persons.
他们开始长大成人了。
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V-LINK 变得；变成；长成
You use grow to say that someone or something gradually changes until they have a new quality, feeling, or attitude.I grew a little afraid of the guy next door...
我开始有些害怕隔壁的那个家伙。
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VERB 增加；增强；增大
If an amount, feeling, or problem grows, it becomes greater or more intense.The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month...
上个月，波兰的失业人数增长超过了1/4。
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VERB 成长为；发展为
If one thing grows into another, it develops or changes until it becomes that thing.The boys grew into men...
这些男孩子长成了男子汉。
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VERB （观点、计划等）产生于，源于
If something such as an idea or a plan grows out of something else, it develops from it.The idea for this book grew out of conversations with Philippa Brewster.
创作这本书的想法来源于跟菲莉帕·布鲁斯特的谈话。
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VERB （经济或公司）增长，扩大，发展
If the economy or a business grows, it increases in wealth, size, or importance.The economy continues to grow.
经济持续发展。
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VERB 扩大，壮大，发展（公司等）
If someone grows a business, they take actions that will cause it to increase in wealth, size, or importance.To grow the business, he needs to develop management expertise and innovation across his team.
为了拓展业务，他需要提高整个团队的管理技能和创新能力。
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V-ERG （晶体）产生；使（晶体）形成
If a crystal grows, or if a scientist grows it, it forms from a solution....crystals that grow in cavities in the rock...
岩石洞穴中形成的水晶
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不要混淆grow up与bring up。grow up是不及物动词，描述长大成人的过程：I grew up in rural southern England（我在英格兰南部乡村长大）。bring up是及物动词，描述的是养育孩子并使之适应社会的过程：We both felt the town was the perfect place to bring up a family（我们俩都觉得这个小镇是养儿育女的理想之地）。注意：父母养育子女不能说 grow up，只能说bring them up。
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- come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
- He grew a beard
- The patient developed abdominal pains
- I got funny spots all over my body
- Well-developed breasts
- Synonym: develop produce get acquire
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- pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute;become
- The weather turned nasty
- She grew angry
- Synonym: turn
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- become larger, greater, or bigger;expand or gain
- The problem grew too large for me
- Her business grew fast
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- increase in size by natural process
- Corn doesn't grow here
- In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees
- her hair doesn't grow much anymore
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- cause to grow or develop
- He grows vegetables in his backyard
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- develop and reach maturity;undergo maturation
- He matured fast
- The child grew fast
- Synonym: mature maturate
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- become attached by or as if by the process of growth
- The tree trunks had grown together
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- grow emotionally or mature
- The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten
- When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior
- Synonym: develop
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- cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
- The Bordeaux region produces great red wines
- They produce good ham in Parma
- We grow wheat here
- We raise hogs here
- Synonym: raise farm produce
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- come into existence;take on form or shape
- A new religious movement originated in that country
- a love that sprang up from friendship
- the idea for the book grew out of a short story
- An interesting phenomenon uprose
- Synonym: originate arise rise develop uprise spring up
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The scope of man 's use of natural resources will steadily grow .
人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
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Contradictions grow in breadth and in depth .
矛盾扩大和加深。
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There is a growing realization that changes must be made .
越来越多的人认识到改革势在必行。
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I 'm sure you 'll grow to like her in time .
我肯定你慢慢就会喜欢她了。
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You 've grown since the last time I saw you !
自从我上次见到你后，你又见长了！
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There is a growing need for qualified teachers of Business English .
对合格的商务英语教师的需求日益增长。
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She was a woman grown old before her time .
她显得未老先衰。
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A growing number of people are returning to full-time education .
越来越多的人重返学校接受全日制教育。
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These plants need heat and humidity to grow well .
这些植物在高温潮湿的环境中才能生长得旺盛。
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When she left school she grew away from her mother .
她中学毕业后就不再那么依赖母亲了。
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She doesn 't want her children growing up in the public eye .
她不想让子女在众人瞩目中成长。
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Our children are grown up and have children of their own .
我们的子女都已长大成人，有了自己的孩子。
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My generation have grown up without the experience of a world war .
我这一代人在成长过程中没有经历过世界大战。
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I can still picture the house I grew up in .
我还能回忆起我童年时住的那座房子。
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Unemployment is the single most important factor in the growing crime rates .
失业是犯罪率日益上升最重要的一个因素。
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Concern is growing over the number of children excluded from school .
对遭学校开除的儿童人数之众，人们越来越表关注。
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A growing number of people are going vegetarian .
越来越多的人开始吃素了。
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Children grow up so fast these days .
如今孩子们长得真快。
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There is growing unrest in the south of the country .
这个国家的南方日益动荡不安。
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The organization has grown enormously since its foundation in 1955 .
该组织自1955年创建以来已有重大的发展。
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Recent years have witnessed a growing social mobility .
近年来人们的社会流动性越来越大。
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The book is full of references to growing up in India .
这本书谈到许多在印度怎样长大成人的事。
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I didn 't know they grew rice in France .
我本来不知道法国也种稻子。
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My hair soon grew back to its natural colour .
我的头发很快又恢复了本色。
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Growing your own vegetables sounds like a lot of sweat .
自己种菜吃，这恐怕很累吧。
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We are trying to grow the business .
我们正在努力扩展业务。
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There is a growing consensus of opinion on this issue .
对这个问题的看法日趋一致。
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Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the local population .
日益严重的污染对当地人民的健康构成了重大威胁。
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This work has grown in volume recently .
这项工作的量最近增加了。
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As time went on he grew more and more impatient .
时间长了，他越来越没有耐心。
指栽种植物或播种。
Spring is the best season to plant trees.
春天是最适合植树的季节。
Have you planted tomatoes in the garden?
你在花园里种番茄了吗？
指种植植物或庄稼，强调播种或栽种完毕后的培育过程。
They grow food on their own plots of land.
他们在自己的小块土地上种粮食。
Do you know how many tons of tomatoes America grows a year?
你知道美国一年种植多少吨番茄吗？
指撒播种子。
When do they usually sow the seeds?
他们通常何时播种？
Why do you sow these fields with oats?
你们为什么在这些地里种燕麦？
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