| 释义 |
| | | | VERB | | | | | /ˌaʊtˈgrəʊ/ | | | | | 1 | to be unable to wear a piece of clothing because you have grown 个子长得穿不下… | She’ s outgrown all her school clothes. 她个子长得所有的校服都穿不下了。 | | | | | 2 | to change as you grow up , so that you no longer behave in the way you used to or no longer like the same things 随长大而改变… | | | | 3 | to become bigger, more successful , more popular etc, in a way that makes your previous methods or activities no longer suitable 发展得使…不再适用 | Company bosses feel they have outgrown their original market. 公司的老板们感到他们发展得很快，原先的市场已不够大了。 | | | 3a | to increase in number or size so that the space used previously is no longer big enough （数量或大小）增长得使…不够大 | | Within a year, the business outgrew its premises. 随着企业的发展，一年之内其厂房就不够用了。 | | | | |