- [uncountable] the process in people, animals or plants of growing physically, mentally or emotionally发育；成长；生长
- Lack of water will stunt the plant's growth.缺水会妨碍植物生长。🔊🔊
- Remove dead leaves to encourage new growth.去掉枯叶以促进新叶生长。🔊🔊
- nutrients for plant growth 植物生长所需的营养
- a concern with personal (= mental and emotional) growth and development对个人成长和发展的重视
- It may be the most effective way to inhibit the growth of cancer cells这可能是抑制癌细胞生长的最有效方法
- growth hormones (= that make somebody/something grow faster)生长激素
Extra Examples- Give the plants a good pruning to encourage growth.适当剪枝以促进植物的生长。
- Lack of food had stunted his growth.食物的匮乏影响了他的发育。
- the excessive growth of algae in rivers河流中藻类的过度生长
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + growth- encourage
- stimulate
- inhibit
- …
growth + nounSee full entry - [uncountable] an increase in the size, amount or degree of something增加；增长；增强
- The report links population growth with rural poverty.该报告把人口增长与农村的贫困联系起来。
- revenue/earnings/sales/productivity growth收入/收益/销售/生产率增长
- growth in something the rapid growth in violent crime暴力犯罪的迅速增加
- the growth in the number of older people in the UK英国老年人数量的增长
- His book describes the growth of nationalism in Germany before the Second World War.他的书描述了第二次世界大战之前德国民族主义的发展。
Extra Examples- Recent years have seen a huge growth of interest in alternative medicine近年来人们对替代疗法的兴趣愈加浓厚了。
- the exponential growth in world population世界人口不断加速的增长
- the explosive growth of personal computers in the 1990s20 世纪 90 年代个人电脑数量的激增
- new measures to control the growth of traffic on the roads控制道路车辆增加的新举措
- There was a rapid growth in the numbers of private cars.私人汽车的数量增长很快。
- The factory has achieved a steady growth in output.工厂的产量有了稳定的提高。
Topics Change, cause and effectb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- exponential
- significant
- …
verb + growth- achieve
- experience
- maintain
- …
growth + nounprepositionphrasesSee full entry - [uncountable] an increase in economic activity经济增长；经济发展
- policies aimed at sustaining economic growth旨在保持经济增长的政策
- a period of slow growth增长缓慢的时期
- 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
- strong/continued/future growth强劲/持续/未来增长
- The country is experiencing a period of high growth.这个国家正处于高速增长期。
- to stimulate/promote/drive growth刺激/促进/驱动增长
- to experience/achieve growth体验/实现增长
- an annual growth rate of 10 per cent年增长率为10％
- growth forecasts/prospects/opportunities/patterns增长预测/前景/机会/模式
- markets with enormous growth potential具有巨大增长潜力的市场
- contrasting UK and Swedish growth strategies 对比英国和瑞典的增长战略
Collocations The economyThe economy经济Managing the economy管理经济- handle/run/manage the economy管理经济
- boost investment/spending/employment/growth促进投资／支出／就业／增长速度
- stimulate demand/the economy/industry刺激需求／经济／工业
- cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing削减投资／支出／借贷
- reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation减少／遏制通货膨胀
- create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble创造／刺激增长／需求／繁荣／泡沫
- encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition鼓励／促进／刺激／抑制创新／竞争
- encourage/work with/compete with the private sector鼓励私营部门；与私营部门合作／竞争
- increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports增加／促进美国／农业出口
- ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports禁止／限制／阻止廉价／国外进口产品
- the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming经济增长／扩张／收缩／萎缩／放缓／复苏／改善／繁荣
- enjoy an economic/housing/property boom享受经济／住房／房地产的繁荣期
Economic problems经济问题- push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation抬高价格／成本；加剧通货膨胀
- damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy破坏工业／经济
- cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession引起／导致／进入／避开经济衰退
- experience/suffer a recession/downturn经历／遭受经济衰退
- fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment抵抗通货膨胀／通货紧缩／失业
- cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment导致／造成通货膨胀／贫穷／失业
- create/burst a housing/stock market bubble造成／引爆住房／股票市场泡沫
- cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system引起股市崩盘／银行系统崩溃
- face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis面临／陷入财政／经济危机
- be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust陷入／经历周期性繁荣与萧条
Public finance公共财政- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending增加／大幅削减／削减公共支出
- increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes提高／降低税收
- raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates提高／降低利率
- ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy放宽／收紧货币政策
- balance the (state/federal) budget平衡（州／联邦）预算
- achieve/maintain a balanced budget达到／保持预算平衡
- run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus有（4 万亿美元的）预算赤字／盈余
- impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra Examples- The economy enjoyed the highest growth rate in Asia.该经济体增长率雄冠亚洲。
- a vicious circle of low growth and low productivity低增长、低生产率的恶性循环
- real GDP growth国内生产总值的实际增长
- Communications technology has proved to be a growth area.信息技术领域已证明为高增长领域。
Topics Moneyb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- exponential
- significant
- …
verb + growth- achieve
- experience
- maintain
- …
growth + nounprepositionphrasesSee full entry - [countable] a mass of cells caused by a disease that forms on or inside a person, an animal or a plant赘生物
- a malignant growth恶性肿瘤
- He had a cancerous growth on his lung.他的肺上长了个恶性肿瘤。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cancerous
- malignant
- benign
- …
verb + growthprepositionSee full entry - [uncountable, countable] something that has grown生长物；长成物；产物
- 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。🔊🔊
- several days’ growth of beard长了几天的胡须
- Prune the shrub heavily now and fresh green growths should appear in March and April.现在对灌木进行大量修剪，三月和四月应该会出现新的绿色增长。