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Definition of growth in English: growthnoun ɡrəʊθɡroʊθ 1mass noun The process of increasing in size. 生长,成长;增大,发展 the upward growth of plants 植物向上的生长。 the growth of the city affects the local climate 城市的发展影响了当地气候。 Example sentencesExamples - The rapid growth of the city as well as a lack of maintenance has put an enormous strain on public infrastructure.
- What to Plant - Species whose growth habit and mature size conforms to the size and shape you are looking for.
- These new pills increase growth in both fast and slow twitch muscle fibres.
- If your seedlings lose their growth momentum, fast growing vegetation will overtake them.
- These units then have the potential to increase in size during growth of the animal.
- Among the benefits of such optimization would be a reduced need for irrigation and more rapid plant growth.
- We found no difference in growth rate or size of individuals as a function of coating thickness.
- But the unchecked growth of this fastest growing city in Asia is robbing it of its green cover.
- In particular, size and growth rate are related to movement behavior in a complex manner.
- My wife asked me if, as a tree grows, the bottom branches move up with the growth.
- The symptoms of an aneurysm depend on its size and rate of growth.
- Recently, the park authorities have measured the height of the birds and there has been a considerable growth.
- The changes are actually a tribute to the city, a recognition that rapid growth forces nearly everyone to do things differently.
- The adults were removed and the growth of the progeny was monitored twice a day until the next generation of eggs appeared.
- It's simple: to help push your muscle growth to new heights, you need to time your protein intake.
- They varied greatly in age, size, growth rate, and geographical areas covered.
- Planning is essential for this very strong-growing clematis which will put on an enormous amount of growth in one season.
- This allows more rapid growth than for a plant starting out from a seed, which has limited food reserves.
- Large plants therefore have higher growth rates, lower mortality and higher leaf water potentials.
- Unplanned growth and the rapid increase in the number of vehicles are among the main reasons.
Synonyms growing, extension, widening, thickening, broadening, heightening, swelling, magnification, ballooning development, maturation, growing, germination, shooting up, springing up, sprouting blooming, flourishing, thriving rare vegetation, burgeoning, pullulation - 1.1 The process of developing physically, mentally, or spiritually.
(身体、心智或精神的)发育,成熟 keeping a journal can be a vital step in our personal growth 记日记可以成为我们个人成长的关键一步。 Example sentencesExamples - Such findings could be clues to the problems with mental and physical growth that these children face.
- Many Eastern breathing practices help you develop physical strength, spiritual growth and inner peace.
- It also helped develop a positive attitude towards their personal growth and development.
- An increasing number of children suffer from stunted physical growth and slow mental development.
- This mental growth or development is dependent on maturation of the nervous system and on experience.
- I think it's integral for the growth of our religion to continue to grow and evolve.
- It generates a sense of wellbeing and energy and is a powerful tool for personal development and spiritual growth.
- And we believe in demonstrating a commitment to personal growth through training and development.
- This teaching accounted for much of their spiritual growth and development of character.
- Both groups of babies showed normal, healthy physical growth and their overall development fell within accepted norms.
- To ensure people's prosperity, growth and development, the government needs to be efficient.
- Some people see the process of growth and development as very simple.
- The result is a sublime and surreal saga of self-discovery and personal growth, of existential doubt and doubtful existences.
- The above concepts are useful to guide personal growth and development.
- She stresses the need for facilitating both physical and mental growth of children.
- Each archetype/aspect of Deity is a vehicle to spiritual growth and development.
- They should also benefit from broader opportunities for personal growth and development.
- The temple can serve to foster spiritual growth and development.
- Noteworthy changes after treatment, such as spiritual change or personal growth, might not be measurable.
- This Meditation is a technique developed to achieve spiritual growth and illumination.
Synonyms expansion, development, progress, advance, advancement, headway, improvement, furtherance, extension, spread, buildout, escalation rise, success, thriving, flourishing, blooming boom, upturn, upswing - 1.2 The process of increasing in amount, value, or importance.
生长,成长;增大,发展 the rates of population growth are lowest in the north 人口增长率在北方最低。 Example sentencesExamples - The sales director forecast further growth in both transactions and values in second-hand luxury units.
- Our growth confirms that we are the fastest growing political party in the country.
- By extension, growth in human population leads to an increase in demand for food, water and other natural resources.
- The survey, taken last November, shows that order intake from the UK was still growing but the growth had slowed.
- A growth in the amount of books on herbs and their properties also begins later in the century.
- The large amount resulted from a growth in income and an increase in subscribers.
- This figure might be viewed as the product of high demand meeting artificially low supply rather than being based on steady growth in rental values.
- The numbers of first-time buyers is likely to increase as earnings growth outstrips house price growth in 2005.
- The fund's value increases each year in line with the average growth in wages.
- The continued growth in house values across Scotland suggests no imminent return to the nightmare of negative equity.
- Is that explosive rate of population growth in this country sustainable?
- If you pay only the interest every month, you rely on growth in the value of the property to clear the capital debt.
- The growth in imports is, among other things, already straining the food safety system.
- The region has been ranked as the second fastest growing in the UK, with a growth of 240,000 people in the past 10 years.
- The second cause was growth in the cost of imported materials.
- The numbers of consultants need to increase, but growth in non-medical and nursing staff also needs to be greater.
- The problem is not growth in the population per se, but growth of the unskilled.
- Passenger growth is likely to grow significantly over the next five years.
- There continues to be an aversion to tax increases and growth in government.
- Demographic growth and economic expansion have given the Turks increased weight in world affairs.
Synonyms increase, expansion, augmentation, proliferation, multiplication, enlargement, amplification, mushrooming, snowballing, rise, escalation, build-up development, evolution - 1.3 The increase in number and spread of small or microscopic organisms.
(微生物的)增加,繁殖 some additives slow down the growth of microorganisms 有些添加剂能抑制微生物的繁殖速度。 Example sentencesExamples - Sunlight seems to stop growth of the yeast organism that causes affected areas to become inflamed.
- Their proper functioning is dependent on glutamine as a metabolic fuel for growth and proliferation.
- The cell body also contains the organelles responsible for cell metabolism, growth, and repair.
- Warm weather helps in the spread and growth of bacteria.
- This aims to slow down the spread or growth of cancer cells, and control any associated pain or other symptoms.
- 1.4 Increase in economic activity or value.
(经济价值或活动的)增长 the government aims to get growth back into the economy 政府旨在恢复经济的增长。 Example sentencesExamples - His answer to the pension problem was increased economic growth and prosperity, which he said could be achieved by lower taxes.
- Easy mortgages, rising incomes and a robust economy have fuelled growth.
- It will greatly boost the prospects for economic growth and expansion in towns and villages throughout the county.
- Increased global economic growth will only inflate this figure further.
- The proceeds of the float will be used to bring down debt, fund expansion and generate organic growth.
- They are designed to increase economic efficiency within the EU so as to increase economic growth and prosperity.
- Sure, there has been a small increase in new businesses set-ups, but economic growth is sluggish.
- The growth of the world economy is expected to increase the demand for diamonds.
- If they rise because economic growth appears to be accelerating, the increase will be harmless.
- The growth of the capitalist economy increased the distance between employer and employee.
- It is equally the case that 30 years of economic growth and rising prosperity in the Western world have not noticeably cheered us up.
- With rapidly increasing economic growth, urbanisation and transportation, air pollution is a growing issue.
- Despite 10 years of powerful economic growth, rich countries have cut rather than increased aid to poor countries.
- It is fashionable to decry the impact of higher oil prices on economic activity and growth.
- Economic growth has increased by 12 times since 1950, and world trade by six times.
- If the markets for its products are only growing slowly, organic growth alone will be slow.
- Taxes have already risen to fund that growth, and most economists expect them to rise again…
- At the weekend, there was an international call for increased supply to ensure global economic growth.
- The question we must ask is what do we value more, overall economic growth or the health of our children.
- We expect 2003 to be a year of reasonable but not spectacular growth in economic activity and business revenues.
2Something that has grown or is growing. 生长物 a day's growth of unshaven stubble on his chin 他下巴上一日未剃的胡子茬。 Example sentencesExamples - The hair was also jet black, and the cheeks were darkened with a slight growth of stubble.
- In fact the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean harbour an extensive growth of corals which manage to survive.
- But he died after he had a small growth on his foot removed.
- Only after the wild growth was removed, the chemical treatment could be taken up.
- They grew the bacteria, took a portion of the growth, and added that to a new tube with fresh media.
- Substantial algae growths were noted on the gravels used by char for spawning in November 2003.
- To improve the ambience of the village, they cleared the wild growth and widened the roads.
- If we don't all start respecting a nice growth of stubble, we will follow our poor birds to hell in a handcart.
- As a result, there is now a nasty growth of algae on the roof, no cascading water, and the Eighth Wonder of the World is a hothouse.
- Lee had an operation here on Tuesday to remove bone growths on his left ankle after withdrawing from Australia's tour of Sir Lanka.
- These are the terminal growths from major limbs and not short-shoot stalks growing directly off large limbs or trunks.
- Twin crystals are common; they show swallow-tail or arrow-head forms and more rarely cruciform growths, and may grow to 3-4 m long.
- Cut to 3 inches often enough so no more than half the growth is removed at each mowing.
- Don't expect a great view from the top of the hill as the regenerating growth has grown tall enough to obscure views of all but the mountain tops.
- These tan, brown or black growths appear to grow on the surface of the skin and have a characteristic ‘pasted on’ look.
- Red tide algal blooms - sudden, massive growths of algae - are known to cause massive fish die-offs, and often prompt authorities to shut down beaches and shellfish beds.
- 2.1Biology Medicine A tumour or other abnormal formation.
〔医,生〕肿瘤,赘生物 the method enables doctors to distinguish between malignant and benign growths Example sentencesExamples - Most pituitary tumors are noncancerous, nonspreading growths (adenomas).
- Fibroids are benign growths (not cancer) in the muscular wall of the uterus.
- This is the start of a cancerous growth, or cancer tumour.
- Often called the silent killer, colon cancer is believed to begin when polyps or small benign growths evolve into cancer.
- It can be effective in the treatment of cancerous growths, because malignant cells are more sensitive than normal body cells: the radiation can be applied to a particular area, whilst the rest of the body is shielded from it.
Synonyms tumour, cancerous growth, malignant growth, malignancy, cancer lump, outgrowth, swelling, protuberance, protrusion, knob, nodule cyst, polyp technical process, bulla rare excrescence, intumescence, tumescence, tumefaction
3A vineyard or crop of grapes of a specified classification of quality, or a wine from it. (葡萄的)一熟;某葡萄园所产的葡萄;由这些葡萄酿造的葡萄酒 all growths within the legally delimited Champagne zone are classified Example sentencesExamples - Cult Cabernets ruled, along with first growth Bordeaux and grand cru Burgundy.
- A marvelous set of wines from the classified growths set up Saint-Julien as the proud owner of some of the very best wines of the vintage.
- Therefore the villages and growths of Burgundy are individually expressed in all the wines that carry their name.
- For two decades many classified growths produced wines that were mediocre at best, even in fine vintages.
- Its fame and wealth predated the 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines, but it was placed alongside the other first class growths in that classification.
Rhymesboth, loath, oath, quoth, sloth, Thoth, troth Definition of growth in US English: growthnounɡroʊθɡrōTH 1The process of increasing in physical size. 生长,成长;增大,发展 the upward growth of plants 植物向上的生长。 the growth of the city affects the local climate 城市的发展影响了当地气候。 Example sentencesExamples - In particular, size and growth rate are related to movement behavior in a complex manner.
- Planning is essential for this very strong-growing clematis which will put on an enormous amount of growth in one season.
- These new pills increase growth in both fast and slow twitch muscle fibres.
- The rapid growth of the city as well as a lack of maintenance has put an enormous strain on public infrastructure.
- Recently, the park authorities have measured the height of the birds and there has been a considerable growth.
- These units then have the potential to increase in size during growth of the animal.
- My wife asked me if, as a tree grows, the bottom branches move up with the growth.
- The adults were removed and the growth of the progeny was monitored twice a day until the next generation of eggs appeared.
- The changes are actually a tribute to the city, a recognition that rapid growth forces nearly everyone to do things differently.
- The symptoms of an aneurysm depend on its size and rate of growth.
- But the unchecked growth of this fastest growing city in Asia is robbing it of its green cover.
- Large plants therefore have higher growth rates, lower mortality and higher leaf water potentials.
- Among the benefits of such optimization would be a reduced need for irrigation and more rapid plant growth.
- We found no difference in growth rate or size of individuals as a function of coating thickness.
- What to Plant - Species whose growth habit and mature size conforms to the size and shape you are looking for.
- This allows more rapid growth than for a plant starting out from a seed, which has limited food reserves.
- It's simple: to help push your muscle growth to new heights, you need to time your protein intake.
- Unplanned growth and the rapid increase in the number of vehicles are among the main reasons.
- They varied greatly in age, size, growth rate, and geographical areas covered.
- If your seedlings lose their growth momentum, fast growing vegetation will overtake them.
Synonyms growing, extension, widening, thickening, broadening, heightening, swelling, magnification, ballooning development, maturation, growing, germination, shooting up, springing up, sprouting - 1.1 The process of developing or maturing physically, mentally, or spiritually.
(身体、心智或精神的)发育,成熟 keeping a journal can be a vital step in our personal growth 记日记可以成为我们个人成长的关键一步。 Example sentencesExamples - An increasing number of children suffer from stunted physical growth and slow mental development.
- They should also benefit from broader opportunities for personal growth and development.
- This Meditation is a technique developed to achieve spiritual growth and illumination.
- The result is a sublime and surreal saga of self-discovery and personal growth, of existential doubt and doubtful existences.
- The temple can serve to foster spiritual growth and development.
- It generates a sense of wellbeing and energy and is a powerful tool for personal development and spiritual growth.
- Noteworthy changes after treatment, such as spiritual change or personal growth, might not be measurable.
- Both groups of babies showed normal, healthy physical growth and their overall development fell within accepted norms.
- This teaching accounted for much of their spiritual growth and development of character.
- Some people see the process of growth and development as very simple.
- I think it's integral for the growth of our religion to continue to grow and evolve.
- To ensure people's prosperity, growth and development, the government needs to be efficient.
- Such findings could be clues to the problems with mental and physical growth that these children face.
- This mental growth or development is dependent on maturation of the nervous system and on experience.
- She stresses the need for facilitating both physical and mental growth of children.
- Each archetype/aspect of Deity is a vehicle to spiritual growth and development.
- Many Eastern breathing practices help you develop physical strength, spiritual growth and inner peace.
- It also helped develop a positive attitude towards their personal growth and development.
- The above concepts are useful to guide personal growth and development.
- And we believe in demonstrating a commitment to personal growth through training and development.
Synonyms expansion, development, progress, advance, advancement, headway, improvement, furtherance, extension, spread, buildout, escalation - 1.2 The process of increasing in amount, value, or importance.
生长,成长;增大,发展 the rates of population growth are lowest in the north 人口增长率在北方最低。 Example sentencesExamples - The large amount resulted from a growth in income and an increase in subscribers.
- Our growth confirms that we are the fastest growing political party in the country.
- The numbers of consultants need to increase, but growth in non-medical and nursing staff also needs to be greater.
- The growth in imports is, among other things, already straining the food safety system.
- By extension, growth in human population leads to an increase in demand for food, water and other natural resources.
- Passenger growth is likely to grow significantly over the next five years.
- The region has been ranked as the second fastest growing in the UK, with a growth of 240,000 people in the past 10 years.
- The numbers of first-time buyers is likely to increase as earnings growth outstrips house price growth in 2005.
- The fund's value increases each year in line with the average growth in wages.
- The second cause was growth in the cost of imported materials.
- There continues to be an aversion to tax increases and growth in government.
- A growth in the amount of books on herbs and their properties also begins later in the century.
- Is that explosive rate of population growth in this country sustainable?
- Demographic growth and economic expansion have given the Turks increased weight in world affairs.
- If you pay only the interest every month, you rely on growth in the value of the property to clear the capital debt.
- The problem is not growth in the population per se, but growth of the unskilled.
- The sales director forecast further growth in both transactions and values in second-hand luxury units.
- The survey, taken last November, shows that order intake from the UK was still growing but the growth had slowed.
- The continued growth in house values across Scotland suggests no imminent return to the nightmare of negative equity.
- This figure might be viewed as the product of high demand meeting artificially low supply rather than being based on steady growth in rental values.
Synonyms increase, expansion, augmentation, proliferation, multiplication, enlargement, amplification, mushrooming, snowballing, rise, escalation, build-up - 1.3 The increase in number and spread of small or microscopic organisms.
(微生物的)增加,繁殖 some additives slow down the growth of microorganisms 有些添加剂能抑制微生物的繁殖速度。 Example sentencesExamples - This aims to slow down the spread or growth of cancer cells, and control any associated pain or other symptoms.
- The cell body also contains the organelles responsible for cell metabolism, growth, and repair.
- Their proper functioning is dependent on glutamine as a metabolic fuel for growth and proliferation.
- Sunlight seems to stop growth of the yeast organism that causes affected areas to become inflamed.
- Warm weather helps in the spread and growth of bacteria.
- 1.4 Increase in economic value or activity.
(经济价值或活动的)增长 the government aims to get growth back into the economy 政府旨在恢复经济的增长。 Example sentencesExamples - With rapidly increasing economic growth, urbanisation and transportation, air pollution is a growing issue.
- The growth of the capitalist economy increased the distance between employer and employee.
- We expect 2003 to be a year of reasonable but not spectacular growth in economic activity and business revenues.
- His answer to the pension problem was increased economic growth and prosperity, which he said could be achieved by lower taxes.
- Increased global economic growth will only inflate this figure further.
- If the markets for its products are only growing slowly, organic growth alone will be slow.
- Easy mortgages, rising incomes and a robust economy have fuelled growth.
- It is fashionable to decry the impact of higher oil prices on economic activity and growth.
- It will greatly boost the prospects for economic growth and expansion in towns and villages throughout the county.
- The question we must ask is what do we value more, overall economic growth or the health of our children.
- Sure, there has been a small increase in new businesses set-ups, but economic growth is sluggish.
- If they rise because economic growth appears to be accelerating, the increase will be harmless.
- The growth of the world economy is expected to increase the demand for diamonds.
- At the weekend, there was an international call for increased supply to ensure global economic growth.
- Despite 10 years of powerful economic growth, rich countries have cut rather than increased aid to poor countries.
- Taxes have already risen to fund that growth, and most economists expect them to rise again…
- The proceeds of the float will be used to bring down debt, fund expansion and generate organic growth.
- Economic growth has increased by 12 times since 1950, and world trade by six times.
- It is equally the case that 30 years of economic growth and rising prosperity in the Western world have not noticeably cheered us up.
- They are designed to increase economic efficiency within the EU so as to increase economic growth and prosperity.
2Something that has grown or is growing. 生长物 a day's growth of unshaven stubble on his chin 他下巴上一日未剃的胡子茬。 Example sentencesExamples - Substantial algae growths were noted on the gravels used by char for spawning in November 2003.
- They grew the bacteria, took a portion of the growth, and added that to a new tube with fresh media.
- Twin crystals are common; they show swallow-tail or arrow-head forms and more rarely cruciform growths, and may grow to 3-4 m long.
- If we don't all start respecting a nice growth of stubble, we will follow our poor birds to hell in a handcart.
- But he died after he had a small growth on his foot removed.
- These tan, brown or black growths appear to grow on the surface of the skin and have a characteristic ‘pasted on’ look.
- To improve the ambience of the village, they cleared the wild growth and widened the roads.
- As a result, there is now a nasty growth of algae on the roof, no cascading water, and the Eighth Wonder of the World is a hothouse.
- The hair was also jet black, and the cheeks were darkened with a slight growth of stubble.
- Don't expect a great view from the top of the hill as the regenerating growth has grown tall enough to obscure views of all but the mountain tops.
- Cut to 3 inches often enough so no more than half the growth is removed at each mowing.
- Red tide algal blooms - sudden, massive growths of algae - are known to cause massive fish die-offs, and often prompt authorities to shut down beaches and shellfish beds.
- These are the terminal growths from major limbs and not short-shoot stalks growing directly off large limbs or trunks.
- Only after the wild growth was removed, the chemical treatment could be taken up.
- In fact the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean harbour an extensive growth of corals which manage to survive.
- Lee had an operation here on Tuesday to remove bone growths on his left ankle after withdrawing from Australia's tour of Sir Lanka.
- 2.1Medicine Biology A tumor or other abnormal formation.
〔医,生〕肿瘤,赘生物 Example sentencesExamples - Often called the silent killer, colon cancer is believed to begin when polyps or small benign growths evolve into cancer.
- It can be effective in the treatment of cancerous growths, because malignant cells are more sensitive than normal body cells: the radiation can be applied to a particular area, whilst the rest of the body is shielded from it.
- Fibroids are benign growths (not cancer) in the muscular wall of the uterus.
- This is the start of a cancerous growth, or cancer tumour.
- Most pituitary tumors are noncancerous, nonspreading growths (adenomas).
Synonyms tumour, cancerous growth, malignant growth, malignancy, cancer
3A vineyard or crop of grapes of a specified classification of quality, or a wine from it. (葡萄的)一熟;某葡萄园所产的葡萄;由这些葡萄酿造的葡萄酒 Example sentencesExamples - Its fame and wealth predated the 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines, but it was placed alongside the other first class growths in that classification.
- Therefore the villages and growths of Burgundy are individually expressed in all the wines that carry their name.
- For two decades many classified growths produced wines that were mediocre at best, even in fine vintages.
- A marvelous set of wines from the classified growths set up Saint-Julien as the proud owner of some of the very best wines of the vintage.
- Cult Cabernets ruled, along with first growth Bordeaux and grand cru Burgundy.
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