grow /ɡrəʊ $ ɡroʊ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb (past tensepst grew /ɡruː/, past participlepp grown /ɡrəʊn $ ɡroʊn/) 1 increase 增加 a) [intransitiveI]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to increase in amount, size, number, or strength 增多,增大,增强,增长 OPP shrink Support for Mr Thompson is growing. 汤普森先生的支持率在上升。
grow by Sales of new cars grew by 10% last year. 去年新车的销量增长了10%。
grow from/to The number of students at the college has grown from 200 to over 500. 该学院的学生人数从200名增加到了500多名。
A growing number of people are taking part-time jobs. 越来越多的人在干兼职。
grow rapidly/slowly/steadily The economy has grown steadily. 经济稳步增长。
Fears are growing for the crew’s safety. 人们对船员的安危越来越担心。
grow in a city that is still growing in size 规模还在扩大的城市
Skiing has really grown in popularity. 滑雪真是越来越流行了。
There is growing concern about climate change. 人们越来越担心气候的变化。
my growing interest in China 我对中国越来越浓厚的兴趣
b) [transitiveT] to make a business or part of a business bigger and more successful 加强〔公司业务〕 We want to grow the export side of the business. 我们想加强公司的出口业务。
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say an amount or level goes up rather than grows: 在日常英语中,表示数量或程度的增加,人们一般说go up,而不说grow
Sales went up by 10% last year. 去年销量增加了10%。
The population of the town has gone up to almost a million. 镇上的人口增加到了将近100万。
► see thesaurus at become, increase 2 person/animal 人/动物 [intransitiveI]GROW/GET BIGGER to become bigger, taller etc over a period of time in the process of becoming an adult 成长,长大 OPP shrink You’ve really grown since I last saw you. 你比我上次见到时长了不少啊。
Victor seemed to grow taller every day. 维克托好像一天比一天高。
grow 2 inches/5 cm etc Stan grew two inches in six months. 斯坦在六个月里长高了两英寸。
3 plants 植物 a) [intransitiveI]GROW/GET BIGGER if plants grow, they exist and develop in a natural way 生长 a tree which will grow well in most types of soil 在大部分土壤里都能生长得很好的一种树
The plants grow wild (=grow without anyone looking after them) by the river. 这些植物在河边自然生长。
b) [transitiveT]GROW PLANTS, VEGETABLES ETC to make plants or crops develop and produce fruit or flowers 种植 → raise Many families own plots of land to grow food. 许多人家都有自己的小块土地种植粮食。
Britain grows 6,000,000 tonnes of potatoes a year. 英国一年种植600万吨马铃薯。
The growing season is from April to September. 4月到9月是种植季节。
4 hair/nails 头发/指甲 a) [transitiveT]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT if you grow your hair or nails, you do not cut them 留长〔头发或指甲〕 I’ve decided to grow my hair long. 我决定把头发留长。
grow a beard/moustache 蓄胡须/胡子
b) [intransitiveI]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT when hair or nails grow, they become longer 〔头发或指甲〕变长
5 BECOMEbecome 变成 a) [intransitiveI always + adj] to change and become different quite slowly 逐渐变得 The sound was growing louder. 声音越来越响。
Her tastes have changed as she’s grown older. 她的品位随着年龄的增长而改变了。
Donna has grown tired of being a model. 唐娜已经厌倦了当模特。
Gradually, Fiona’s eyes grew used to the darkness (=she gradually became able to see a little better). 渐渐地,费奥娜的眼睛适应了黑暗。
b) [intransitiveI] to gradually change your opinions and have a feeling that you did not have before 逐渐改变看法[产生某种感觉]grow to like/hate/respect etc After a while the kids grew to like Mr Cox. 过了一会儿,孩子们开始喜欢上了考克斯先生。
the city he had grown to love 他渐渐开始喜欢的城市
RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say get older/tired/angry etc rather than grow older/tired/angry etc, which sounds rather literary: 在日常英语中,人们一般说get older/tired/angry等,而不说grow older/tired/angry等,因为后者听上去有点像文学语言
The sound was getting louder. 声音越来越响了。
6 improve 改善 [intransitiveI]IMPROVE to gradually become better, bigger etc 变好;变大;改善grow as She’s grown tremendously as a musician. 作为一名音乐人,她成长了许多。
7. it/money doesn’t grow on trees spokenMONEY used to say that you should not waste money 钱不是从树上长出来的〔用以表示不可浪费金钱〕 8 grow apart phrasal verbphr v SEPARATEif two people grow apart, their relationship becomes less close 〔彼此的关系〕越来越疏远 The couple had been growing apart for years. 这对夫妇多年来日渐疏远。
grow apart• Instead, it was suggested the couple, who married in their early 20s, had simply grown up and grown apart.• Virgin and Coutts had long been growing apart.• Such barrenness is the inevitable outcome where two people are growing apart and out of love.• He said he and wife Brenda had been growing apart for at least a year.• Work-inhibited students have not grown apart from their parents and become independent. 9 grow into somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) BECOMEto develop over time and become a particular kind of person or thing 成长为;变成 Sue grew into a lovely young woman. 休长成了一个可爱的姑娘。
The two-part show has grown into a full-fledged series. 这个由两部分组成的演出已经演变成一部内容丰满的连续剧。
b) LEARNto gradually learn how to do a job or deal with a situation successfully 学着适应〔某个工作或某种情形〕 She will grow into her new role over the next few months. 在今后的几个月里她会慢慢适应她的新角色。
c) FIT/BE THE RIGHT SIZEif a child grows into clothes, he or she becomes big enough to wear them 长大可以穿〔本来嫌大的衣服〕 10 grow on somebody phrasal verbphr v LIKE somebody OR somethingif something grows on you, you gradually like it more and more 逐渐为〔某人〕所喜欢 I hated his music at first, but it grows on you. 我一开始讨厌他的音乐,可慢慢却越来越喜欢。
11 grow out phrasal verbphr v if you grow out a hairstyle, or if it grows out, you gradually grow your hair until the style disappears (使)头发长长而让原来的发型消失grow something ↔ out I’m growing my fringe out. 我准备把刘海留长不要了。
12 grow out of something phrasal verbphr v a) GROW/GET BIGGERif a child grows out of clothes, he or she becomes too big to wear them 因长大而穿不进〔原来的衣服〕 SYN outgrow b) STOP DOING somethingif someone grows out of something, they stop doing it as they get older 〔因年龄增长而〕戒除,改掉〔某习惯〕 SYN outgrow Mike finally seems to be growing out of his rebelliousness. 迈克似乎终于长大,正慢慢改变他叛逆的性格。
c) COME FROM/ORIGINATEto develop or happen as a result of something else that happened or existed 产生于,源于 His art grew out of his love of nature. 他的艺术作品源于他对大自然的热爱。
legislation which grew out of concern over the increasing crime rate 出于对犯罪率增长的担心而制定的法规
13 grow up phrasal verbphr v a) ADULTto develop from being a child to being an adult 长大成人 What do you want to be when you grow up? 你长大以后想做什么?
I grew up in Chicago. 我在芝加哥长大。
b) grow up! spoken used to tell someone to behave in a more responsible way, like an adult 要像个大人样! c) GROUP OF PEOPLEto start to exist or develop gradually 形成,兴起,发展 Trading settlements grew up by the river. 河的两岸形成了一些贸易定居点。
grow up• This is the neighborhood where my father grew up.• We plan to go and live in Florida when the children have all grown up.• What do you want to be when you grow up?• Margaret Hallworth was born in Manchester but grew up in North Wales.• I grew up on a farm in eastern Pennsylvania.