growth

英 [ɡrəʊθ] 美 [ɡroʊθ]

• n. 【U】增长；生长；发展；种植
• n. 【C】生长物；【医】瘤;赘生物

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]生长,发育

   the act or rate of growing and developing

2. [S][U]增加; 发展,扩大

   increase in numbers or amount

3. [C]生长物

   sth which has grown

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 生长，成长，发育
2. 生长物
3. 增长，增大，增加，增强
4. 产物
5. 发展
6. 种植，栽
7. 【医】瘤，赘生物
8. 栽培，培养
9. 【经】预期增长，经济增长，经济发展

adj. 形容词

1. 生长的，发展的

英英释义

Noun:

1. (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;

   "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
   

2. a progression from simpler to more complex forms;

   "the growth of culture"
   

3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;

   "the increase in unemployment"
   "the growth of population"
   

4. vegetation that has grown;

   "a growth of trees"
   "the only growth was some salt grass"
   

5. the gradual beginning or coming forth;

   "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
   

6. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

7. something grown or growing;

   "a growth of hair"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Their growth rate is quite slow, but continuous.
   其增长速度是相当缓慢,但持续。
2. We are entering a period of rapid population growth.
   我们正在进入人类快速增长的时期。
3. Lack of demand will slow (down) our economic growth.
   市场需求低就要拖慢我们的经济增长速度。
4. Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.
   寒冷的天气妨碍了庄稼生长。
5. Magnesium is the nutrient element in plant growth.
   镁是植物生长的营养要素。
6. The treatment arrested the growth of the disease.
   治疗抑制了病情的发展。
7. It's the company's policy to sacrifice short-term profits for the sake of long-term growth.
   为长期发展而牺牲短期利润是公司的方针。
8. Have an apple of our own growth.
   尝尝我们自己种的苹果吧。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The abandoned garden was left to a wanton growth of weeds.
   荒园里杂草丛生。
2. A cancerous growth is usually a sign of having cancer.
   一个癌性肿瘤通常是患有癌症的标志。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.
   寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。
2. Rapid industrial growth makes new demands on science and technology.
   工业的发展对科技提出新要求。
3. There has been a sudden growth in membership of the club.
   俱乐部会员数量突然增加。
4. However,1987 showed a modest growth of total output.
   然而1987年的总产量略有上升。
5. Nails are thin horny growths at the ends of the fingers.
   指甲是生长在手指头尖端的细薄角物质。

经典引文

• Barley, oats, and rye may be measured in their daily growth.

  出自： J. Yeats

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• accelerate growth 促进发育
• arrest growth 阻止发展
• attain full growth 成熟
• control the family growth 控制生育
• encourage the growth 鼓励发展
• prevent weed growth 防止杂草丛生

形容词+～

• considerable growth 相当大的增长
• evil growth 弊病
• gradual growth 渐进
• intellectual growth 智力的发展
• physical growth 身体发育
• psychological growth 心理成长
• sudden growth 激增
• unbalanced growth 不平衡的增长

名词+～

• mushroom growth 飞速成长〔发展〕
• new words growth 新词的发展
• population growth 人口增长
• zero growth 零增长

～+名词

• growth factor 生长因素
• growth industry 发展特别快的新行业

介词+～

• a check in growth 发展的阻碍
• with the growth in membership 随着会员的增加

～+介词

• growth in membership 会员增加
• growth of civilization 文明的发展

近反义词

【近义词】

• advance
• development
• expansion