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growth n.【U】增长；生长；发展；种植n.【C】生长物；【医】瘤;赘生物 (1) 其增长速度是相当缓慢,但持续。(2) 我们正在进入人类快速增长的时期。(3) 市场需求低就要拖慢我们的经济增长速度。(4) 寒冷的天气妨碍了庄稼生长。(5) 镁是植物生长的营养要素。(6) 治疗抑制了病情的发展。(7) 为长期发展而牺牲短期利润是公司的方针。(8) 尝尝我们自己种的苹果吧。(9) 荒园里杂草丛生。 Growth is an increase in physical size, like the growth of a sapling into a mature tree. There are other kinds of growth, like your sister's personal growth since she started to meditate every day. Growth can also mean something that has grown, like a growth of stubble on your dad's face or a cancerous growth that needs to be removed surgically. The Old English root word is growan, "to grow or flourish."

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英 [ɡrəʊθ] 美 [ɡroʊθ] (1) Their growth rate is quite slow, but continuous.(2) We are entering a period of rapid population growth.(3) Lack of demand will slow (down) our economic growth.(4) Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.(5) Magnesium is the nutrient element in plant growth.(6) The treatment arrested the growth of the disease.(7) It's the company's policy to sacrifice short-term profits for the sake of long-term growth.(8) Have an apple of our own growth.(9) The abandoned garden was left to a wanton growth of weeds. The noun growth is the process of something becoming bigger. If you mentioned the growth of your family, you might mean that babies were born or people got married, increasing your family's size. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]发展；增长；兴起 The growth of something such as an industry, organization, or idea is its development in size, wealth, or importance.   [oft N of n]...the growth of nationalism.民族主义的高涨...Japan's  enormous economic growth.日本经济的突飞猛进...high growth rates.高增长率2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]增加；增多；增长 The growth in something is the increase in it.   [also a N]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。The area has seen a rapid population growth...该地区人口激增。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%。3[ADJ 形容词]发展的；增长的 A growth industry, area, or market is one which is increasing in size or activity.   [ADJ n]  [BUSINESS 商]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。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。4[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（性格的）成长，发展 Someone's  growth is the development and progress of their character.   [usu supp N]...the child's emotional and intellectual growth...孩子的情感与智力发展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。5[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]发育；生长；成长 Growth in a person, animal, or plant is the process of increasing in physical size and development.   [usu with supp]...hormones which control fertility and body growth...控制生殖和身体发育的荷尔蒙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。6[N-VAR 可变名词]新生发的植株；一茬植株 You can use growth to refer to plants which have recently developed or which developed at the same time. 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。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。7[N-COUNT 可数名词]肿块；肿瘤；赘生物 A growth is a lump that grows inside or on a person, animal, or plant, and that is caused by a disease. 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。

英语单词	growth
英美音标	英 [ɡrəʊθ] 美 [ɡroʊθ]
中文释义	n.【U】增长；生长；发展；种植 n.【C】生长物；【医】瘤;赘生物
英语例句	(1) Their growth rate is quite slow, but continuous. (2) We are entering a period of rapid population growth. (3) Lack of demand will slow (down) our economic growth. (4) Cold weather retards the growth of the crops. (5) Magnesium is the nutrient element in plant growth. (6) The treatment arrested the growth of the disease. (7) It's the company's policy to sacrifice short-term profits for the sake of long-term growth. (8) Have an apple of our own growth. (9) The abandoned garden was left to a wanton growth of weeds.
中文例句	(1) 其增长速度是相当缓慢,但持续。 (2) 我们正在进入人类快速增长的时期。 (3) 市场需求低就要拖慢我们的经济增长速度。 (4) 寒冷的天气妨碍了庄稼生长。 (5) 镁是植物生长的营养要素。 (6) 治疗抑制了病情的发展。 (7) 为长期发展而牺牲短期利润是公司的方针。 (8) 尝尝我们自己种的苹果吧。 (9) 荒园里杂草丛生。
vocabulary简明	The noun growth is the process of something becoming bigger. If you mentioned the growth of your family, you might mean that babies were born or people got married, increasing your family's size.
vocabulary扩展	Growth is an increase in physical size, like the growth of a sapling into a mature tree. There are other kinds of growth, like your sister's personal growth since she started to meditate every day. Growth can also mean something that has grown, like a growth of stubble on your dad's face or a cancerous growth that needs to be removed surgically. The Old English root word is growan, "to grow or flourish."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]发展；增长；兴起 The growth of something such as an industry, organization, or idea is its development in size, wealth, or importance. [oft N of n] ...the growth of nationalism. 民族主义的高涨 ...Japan's enormous economic growth. 日本经济的突飞猛进 ...high growth rates. 高增长率 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]增加；增多；增长 The growth in something is the increase in it. [also a N] 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。 The area has seen a rapid population growth... 该地区人口激增。 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%。 3 [ADJ 形容词]发展的；增长的 A growth industry, area, or market is one which is increasing in size or activity. [ADJ n] [BUSINESS 商] 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。 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。 4 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（性格的）成长，发展 Someone's growth is the development and progress of their character. [usu supp N] ...the child's emotional and intellectual growth... 孩子的情感与智力发展 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。 5 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]发育；生长；成长 Growth in a person, animal, or plant is the process of increasing in physical size and development. [usu with supp] ...hormones which control fertility and body growth... 控制生殖和身体发育的荷尔蒙 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。 6 [N-VAR 可变名词]新生发的植株；一茬植株 You can use growth to refer to plants which have recently developed or which developed at the same time. 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。 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。 7 [N-COUNT 可数名词]肿块；肿瘤；赘生物 A growth is a lump that grows inside or on a person, animal, or plant, and that is caused by a disease. 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。

Growth N Uncount 不可数名词 N Increasing Rapid Population Economic