growth

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n.  发育; 成长; 生长; 增加; 增长; 增强; 经济增长; 经济发展

复数：growths　

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牛津词典

noun

• 发育；成长；生长
  the process of growing physically, mentally or emotionally
  1. Lack of water will stunt the plant's growth.
     缺水会妨碍植物生长。
  2. Remove dead leaves to encourage new growth.
     去掉枯叶以促进新叶生长。
  3. a concern with personal (= mental and emotional) growth and development
     对个人成长和发展的重视
  4. growth hormones (= designed to make sb/sth grow faster)
     生长激素
• 增加；增长；增强
  an increase in the size, amount or degree of sth
  1. population growth
     人口增长
  2. the rapid growth in violent crime
     暴力犯罪的迅速增加
• 经济增长；经济发展
  an increase in economic activity
  1. a disappointing year of little growth in Britain and America
     英美经济增长无几、令人沮丧的一年
  2. policies aimed at sustaining economic growth
     旨在保持经济增长的政策
  3. an annual growth rate of 10%
     10%的年增长率
  4. a growth area/industry
     经济增长的领域 / 行业
• 赘生物
  a lump caused by a disease that forms on or inside a person, an animal or a plant
  1. a malignant/cancerous growth
     恶性 / 癌性赘生物
• 生长物；长成物；产物
  something that has grown
  1. The forest's dense growth provides nesting places for a wide variety of birds.
     森林里茂密的植物为各种各样的鸟儿提供了筑巢的地方。
  2. several days' growth of beard
     长了几天的胡须

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 发展；增长；兴起
  Thegrowth ofsomething such as an industry, organization, or idea is its development in size, wealth, or importance.
  1. ...the growth of nationalism.
     民族主义的高涨
  2. ...Japan's enormous economic growth.
     日本经济的突飞猛进
  3. ...high growth rates.
     高增长率
• N-UNCOUNT 增加；增多；增长
  Thegrowthin something is the increase in it.
  1. A steady growth in the popularity of two smaller parties may upset the polls...
     两个较小政党的支持率稳步上升，可能会打乱投票结果。
  2. The area has seen a rapid population growth...
     该地区人口激增。
  3. The market has shown annual growth of 20 per cent for several years.
     这几年的市场年增长率都保持在20%。
• ADJ 发展的；增长的
  Agrowthindustry, area, or market is one which is increasing in size or activity.
  1. Computers and electronics are growth industries and need skilled technicians...
     计算机与电子行业属于蓬勃发展的产业，需要娴熟的技术人员。
  2. Real estate lending has become the biggest growth area for American banks.
     房地产贷款已经成了美国银行业增长最快的业务领域。
• N-UNCOUNT （性格的）成长，发展
  Someone'sgrowthis the development and progress of their character.
  1. ...the child's emotional and intellectual growth...
     孩子的情感与智力发展
  2. Different teachers make different contributions to a student's growth.
     不同的教师在学生的成长过程中起到不同的作用。
• N-UNCOUNT 发育；生长；成长
  Growthin a person, animal, or plant is the process of increasing in physical size and development.
  1. ...hormones which control fertility and body growth...
     控制生殖和身体发育的荷尔蒙
  2. Cells divide and renew as part of the human growth process.
     细胞不断地分裂更新，这是人体发育过程的一部分。
• N-VAR 新生发的植株；一茬植株
  You can usegrowthto refer to plants which have recently developed or which developed at the same time.
  1. This helps to ripen new growth and makes it flower profusely...
     这有助于新生发植株的成熟，令其开出繁茂的花朵。
  2. Pinch out the tips of the young growths to make for compact, bushy plants.
     掐掉幼株的芽尖以便让它们长得紧凑浓密，呈丛生状。
• N-COUNT 肿块；肿瘤；赘生物
  Agrowthis a lump that grows inside or on a person, animal, or plant, and that is caused by a disease.
  1. This type of surgery could even be used to extract cancerous growths.
     这种外科手术甚至可以用来切除癌性肿瘤。

英英释义

noun

• the gradual beginning or coming forth
  1. figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
  Synonym:emergenceoutgrowth
• vegetation that has grown
  1. a growth of trees
  2. the only growth was some salt grass
• something grown or growing
  1. a growth of hair
• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically
  1. he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
  Synonym:growingmaturationdevelopmentontogenyontogenesis
• a progression from simpler to more complex forms
  1. the growth of culture
• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
  1. the increase in unemployment
  2. the growth of population
  Synonym:increaseincrement
• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

双语例句

• Cells divide and renew as part of the human growth process.
  细胞不断地分裂更新，这是人体发育过程的一部分。
• One of the driving forces behind this recent expansion is the growth of services.
  最近的这次经济扩张背后的主要推动力量之一是服务业的增长。
• Pinch out the tips of the young growths to make for compact, bushy plants.
  掐掉幼株的芽尖以便让它们长得紧凑浓密，呈丛生状。
• The economy is expanding, notching up high growth rates.
  经济在发展，实现了高增长率。
• The evidence that such investment promotes growth is strong
  有充分的证据表明这种投资能够促进增长。
• The United Nations has been forced to revise its estimates of population growth upwards.
  联合国已经被迫上调了其对人口增长做出的预测。
• The rate of growth of GNP will depend upon the rate of growth of aggregate demand
  国民生产总值的增长率将取决于总需求的增长率。
• Asia's emerging economies will be on a self-sustaining cycle of growth
  亚洲的新兴经济体会出现自我维持的循环增长。
• Most Middle Eastern countries have extremely high rates of population growth
  大多数中东国家的人口增长率都极高。
• Computers and electronics are growth industries and need skilled technicians
  计算机与电子行业属于蓬勃发展的产业，需要娴熟的技术人员。