| 词汇 | growth |
| 释义 | growth noun uk /ɡrəʊθ/ us /ɡroʊθ/ B2[ U ] The growth of a person, animal, or plant is its process of increasing in size: 成长；生长；发育 A balanced diet is essential for healthy growth.营养均衡的饮食对于健康发育是不可或缺的。 Plant growth is most noticeable in spring and early summer.在春天和初夏之时植物长势最为明显。 B2[ U ] an increase in the size or the importance of something: 增多；增强；增长；增大 The government is trying to limit population growth.政府正在努力控制人口增长。 The rapid growth of opposition to the plan has surprised the mayor.反对这一计划的势力突然激增，让市长惊诧不已。 growth areaElectronic publishing is a growth area (= an area of activity that is increasing in size and developing quickly).电子出版业是一个正在发展壮大的产业。 an increase increaseThere has been an sharp increase in municipal taxes this year. riseLast month saw a rise in the rate of inflation. gainWe are not seeing the gains in productivity that we expected. boostWe are hoping for a boost in sales this year. [ C ] a lump (= a solid mass) growing on the outside or inside of a person, animal, or plant that is caused by a disease: （疾病引起的体内或体外的）肿块，肿瘤，赘生物 a cancerous growth on the liver肝脏上的恶性肿瘤 [ C or U ] something that has grown: 生长物;长成物;产物 Graham came back from the camping trip with a week's growth of beard on his chin.格雷厄姆露营度假回来了，下巴上的胡子一星期都没有刮。 The report looks at economic growth in Europe and elsewhere.这份报告研究了欧洲和其他地区的经济增长状况。 The company has shown exceptional growth over the past two years.过去两年中，这家公司取得了不俗的发展业绩。 Some types of antibiotic are used to promote growth in farm animals.某些种类的抗生素被用于促进牲畜的生长。 Any growth in unemployment is self-evidently a matter of extreme seriousness.不言而喻的是，失业率的任何增长都是极其严重的问题。 Measures should be taken to halt the speed-up in population growth.应当采取措施制止人口的加速增长。 Becoming bigger accrete accrue anti-growth balloon bell billow bump elongate engorge engorged enlarge enlargement outgrow over-expansion pile pile on the poundsidiom puff puff up put something on swell You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Swellings & lumps Hair growth | American Dictionarygrowth noun[ C/U ] us/ɡroʊθ/ the process of developing or of increasing in size: [ U ]Plant growth is most noticeable in spring. [ U ]His budget is designed to promote economic growth in this country. A growth is also tissue growing on the outside or inside of a person, animal, or plant which is caused by a disease. growth | Business Englishgrowth noun[ C or U ] uk /ɡrəʊθ/us ECONOMICS an increase in the ability of an economy or business to produce goods and services: the growth of the Indian economy We have had three successive years of economic growth. growth rate/rate of growthThe economy's growth rate is likely to slow. revenue/job growthThe steel company reported revenue growth of 55% last year on strong demand for its products. annual/future/long-term growth rapid/strong/impressive growth slow/weak growth sustainable/unsustainable growth an increase in size, amount, degree, level, etc.: the growth of sthThe growth of farm spending has not been halted. I have been impressed by the rapid growth of the fair trade movement. growth in stha 19% growth in internet use The growth in the money supply was faster than expected. FINANCE, STOCK MARKET the increase in value of an investment over a long period: Choose a trust that invests for growth rather than for income. The investor should stay in for long-term growth. a growth company See alsocapital growth economic growth ex-growth external growth high-growth market growth monetary growth Examples of growthgrowth The second principal issue is the degree of economic growth's ' propoorness'. There is vast amount of ' popular ' wine literature, which prefaces its discussions of classed growths and great vintages with potted histories and geographies of wine. Figure 4a shows the growths of the per turbations obtained from the two-dimensional simulations. The exact nature of the dependence of growth's anisotropic tendencies on surrounding stresses is yet to be determined. Incremental strains measured by syntectonic crystal growths. He developed some small growths on his body that have never been diagnosed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot give information about purchases or stocks of particular growths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am satisfied that it will not affect the use of these growths in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have one of the highest population growths of any area in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not like such growths in monopoly control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, this low-spending authority, with one of the highest population growths, is being fined for its carefulness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I, too, think it is important to open futures markets which cover as far as possible all growths of cotton. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Next year we shall be using population projections in the formula, and this should take a better account of expected population growths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There have been in that area from time to time sudden growths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were frequent cases of unsightly and painful cancerous growths. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of growth These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withgrowthgrowthThese are words often used in combination with growth. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. abnormal growth Facial clefting results from a failure of either the lateral, medial and/or maxillary swellings to make contact because of abnormal growth. accelerated growth Many other examples of this period of accelerated growth at the predicted wavelength can be cited, but only two are selected for the example purposes of the present paper. annual growth Using this annualgrowth rate, we can estimate that in 1971 there were 1200 elephants. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with growth |
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