| 单词 | grow |
| 释义 | grow grow /; AmE / verb (grew // grown /; AmE /)
1 [no obj] to increase in size, number, strength or quality: Profits grew by 5% last year. The company's turnover grew from $1.56 billion to $1.58 billion. The economy failed to grow in the final quarter. The company is growing bigger all the time. the challenges of running a growing business the fastest-growing sector of the aviation industry
2 [+ obj] to increase the size, quality or number of sth: We are trying to grow the business. The savings were used to grow market share. We grew the company from 2 people to 15 people, and we could have grown it much bigger. HELP NOTE Grow and grow up are sometimes confused. Grow up only means ‘to become an adult'. It does not mean ‘to increase'.
IDIOMS
it/money doesn't grow on trees ( used to tell sb not to use sth or spend money carelessly because you do not have a lot of it PHRASAL VERBS grow into sth to become more confident in a new job, etc. and learn to do it better: He needed time to grow into the job. grow out of sth to develop from sth: The introduction of job-sharing grew out of a desire for more flexible working hours. |
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