1 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. 生长；长大；发育
2 VERB 成活；生长 If a plant or tree grows in a particular place, it is alive there. 成活；生长
SYN spring up, shoot up, develop, flourish
3 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. 栽种；种植
SYN cultivate, produce, raise, farm
4 VERB （毛发、指甲等）变长 When someone's hair grows, it gradually becomes longer. Your nails also grow. （毛发、指甲等）变长
5 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. 留长（头发或指甲）；蓄（胡须）
6 VERB 成长；长大；成熟 If someone grows mentally, they change and develop in character or attitude. 成长；长大；成熟
7 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. 变得；变成；长成
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I grew a little afraid of the guy next door. [VERB adj.ive]
我开始有些害怕隔壁的那个家伙。
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He's growing old. [VERB adj.ive]
他渐渐变老了。
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He grew to love his work. [VERB to-infinitive]
他开始喜欢上他的工作了。
SYN become, get, turn, come to be
8 VERB 增加；增强；增大 If an amount, feeling, or problem grows, it becomes greater or more intense. 增加；增强；增大
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The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month. [VERB]
上个月，波兰的失业人数增长超过了1/4。
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Opposition grew and the government agreed to negotiate. [VERB]
反对的声音越来越高，政府只好同意进行谈判。
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...a growing number of immigrants. [VERB-ing]
日益增长的移民数量
9 VERB 成长为；发展为 If one thing grows into another, it develops or changes until it becomes that thing. 成长为；发展为
10 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. （观点、计划等）产生于，源于
SYN originate, spring, arise, stem
11 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. （经济或公司）增长，扩大，发展 [business]
SYN improve, advance, progress, succeed
12 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. 扩大，壮大，发展（公司等） [business]
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To grow the business, he needs to develop management expertise and innovation across his team. [VERB noun]
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。
13 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. （晶体）产生；使（晶体）形成
Usage Note :
Be careful not to confuse the verbs grow up and bring up. Grow up is an intransitive verb, and describes the process of becoming an adult. I grew up in rural southern England. Bring up is a transitive verb, and describes the process of looking after and socializing a child. ...we both felt the town was the perfect place to bring up a family. Note then, that parents do not 'grow up' their children, they 'bring them up'.
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。
Phrasal verbs: - grow apartgrow away fromgrow intogrow ongrow outgrow out ofgrow up
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | grow Also look up: |
| VERB. | develop, mature 1 6 germinate, spring up, thrive 2 cultivate, plant, produce 3 heighten, intensify 8 |
| Word Partnership | Use grow with: |
| VERB. | continue to grow 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 try to grow 3 5 12 |
| ADJ. | grow older 1 7 grow bored, grow closer, grow louder, grow silent 7 |
| N. | grow food 3 |
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