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单词 growth
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growth
noun
uk
/ɡrəʊθ/us
/ɡroʊθ/
B2[U]
The growth of aperson,animal, orplantisitsprocessofincreasinginsize:
成长；生长；发育
Abalanceddietisessentialforhealthygrowth.营养均衡的饮食对于健康发育是不可或缺的。
Plant growth is mostnoticeableinspringand earlysummer.在春天和初夏之时植物长势最为明显。
B2[U]
anincreasein thesizeor theimportanceof something:
增多；增强；增长；增大
Thegovernmentistryingtolimitpopulationgrowth.政府正在努力控制人口增长。
Therapidgrowth ofoppositionto theplanhassurprisedthemayor.反对这一计划的势力突然激增，让市长惊诧不已。
Electronicpublishingis a growtharea(= anareaofactivitythat isincreasinginsizeanddevelopingquickly).电子出版业是一个正在发展壮大的产业。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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.
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[C]
alump(= asolidmass)growingon theoutsideor inside of aperson,animal, orplantthat iscausedby adisease:
（疾病引起的体内或体外的）肿块，肿瘤，赘生物
acancerousgrowth on theliver肝脏上的恶性肿瘤
[CorU]
something that hasgrown:
生长物；长成物；产物
Graham came back from thecampingtripwith a week's growth ofbeardon hischin.格雷厄姆露营度假回来了，下巴上的胡子一星期都没有刮。
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  • Thereportlooksateconomicgrowth inEuropeandelsewhere.
  • Thecompanyhasshownexceptionalgrowth over the past twoyears.
  • Sometypesofantibioticare used topromotegrowth infarmanimals.
  • Any growth inunemploymentisself-evidentlyamatterofextremeseriousness.
  • Measures should be taken tohaltthespeed-upinpopulationgrowth.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming bigger
  • accrete
  • accrue
  • anti-growth
  • bell
  • billow
  • bump
  • elongate
  • engorged
  • enlarge
  • enlargement
  • expansion
  • extension
  • oak
  • pile
  • puff up
  • putsomethingon
  • regenerate
  • scalability
  • scalable
  • stretch
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Swellings & lumps
Hair
(Definition ofgrowthfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

growth| American Dictionary

growth
noun[C/U]
us
/ɡroʊθ/
theprocessofdevelopingor ofincreasinginsize:
[U]Plant growth is mostnoticeableinspring.
[U]Hisbudgetisdesignedtopromoteeconomicgrowth in thiscountry.
A growth is alsotissuegrowingon theoutsideor inside of aperson,animal, orplantwhich iscausedby adisease.
(Definition ofgrowthfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

growth| Business English

growth
noun[CorU]
uk
/ɡrəʊθ/us
ECONOMICS
anincreasein theabilityof aneconomyorbusinesstoproducegoodsandservices:
the growth of theIndianeconomy
We have had threesuccessiveyearsofeconomicgrowth.
growth rate/rate of growthThe economy's growthrateislikelytoslow.
revenue/job growthThesteelcompanyreportedrevenuegrowth of 55% lastyearonstrongdemandforitsproducts.
annual/future/long-termgrowth
rapid/strong/impressivegrowth
slow/weakgrowth
sustainable/unsustainablegrowth
anincreaseinsize,amount,degree,level, etc.:
the growth of sthThe growth offarmspendinghas not beenhalted.
I have beenimpressedby therapidgrowth of thefairtrademovement.
growth in stha 19% growth ininternetuse
The growth in themoneysupplywasfasterthanexpected.
FINANCE,STOCK MARKET
theincreaseinvalueof aninvestmentover alongperiod:
Choose atrustthatinvestsfor growthratherthan forincome.
Theinvestorshouldstayin forlong-termgrowth.
agrowthcompany

See also

capital growth
economic growth
ex-growth
external growth
high-growth
market growth
monetary growth
(Definition ofgrowthfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrowth

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The second principal issue is the degree of economic growth's ' propoorness'.
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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.
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Figure 4a shows the growths of the per turbations obtained from the two-dimensional simulations.
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The exact nature of the dependence of growth's anisotropic tendencies on surrounding stresses is yet to be determined.
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Incremental strains measured by syntectonic crystal growths.
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He developed some small growths on his body that have never been diagnosed.
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I cannot give information about purchases or stocks of particular growths.
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I am satisfied that it will not affect the use of these growths in this country.
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We have one of the highest population growths of any area in the country.
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I do not like such growths in monopoly control.
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Therefore, this low-spending authority, with one of the highest population growths, is being fined for its carefulness.
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I, too, think it is important to open futures markets which cover as far as possible all growths of cotton.
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Next year we shall be using population projections in the formula, and this should take a better account of expected population growths.
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There have been in that area from time to time sudden growths.
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There were frequent cases of unsightly and painful cancerous growths.
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Collocationswithgrowth

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abnormal growth
Facial clefting results from a failure of either the lateral, medial and/or maxillary swellings to make contact because of abnormal growth.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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.
From theCambridge English Corpus
annual growth
Using thisannualgrowthrate, we can estimate that in 1971 there were 1200 elephants.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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