grow up
phrasal verbwithgrowverbuk/ɡrəʊ/us/ɡroʊ/grew|grown
(PERSON)
A2
tograduallybecomeanadult:
长大成人，成长；成熟Igrewup inScotland(= Ilivedthere when I wasyoung).我是在苏格兰长大的。
Takingresponsibilityfor yourself ispartof theprocessofgrowingup.承担起自己的责任是成长过程的一部分。
to become an adult
- to become an adultHe was a young man on the verge of becoming an adult.
- grow upWhat do you want to be when you grow up?
- grow upStop complaining and grow up!
- matureSome adolescents mature earlier than others.
- matureFreddie has matured into a responsible adult.
tobehavelike anadult; used tocriticizesomeone who youthinkis beingsillyorunreasonable:
Everyone should justgrowup andtreateach other withrespect.
There are someplayerswho need togrowup.
Myagentsaid, "That's the way you were writing 15yearsago -growup!"
to become an adult
- to become an adultHe was a young man on the verge of becoming an adult.
- grow upWhat do you want to be when you grow up?
- grow upStop complaining and grow up!
- matureSome adolescents mature earlier than others.
- matureFreddie has matured into a responsible adult.
- Linda Chan wasbornin Hong Kong butgrewup in New York andquicklybecameAmericanized.
- Heimmigratedwith hisparentsin 1895, andgrewup in Long Island.
- What do youwantto be when yougrowup?
- Shewantsto be adoctorwhen shegrowsup.
- He'sgrownupquicklysince going tosecondaryschool.
Young people
- adolescence
- adolescent
- boyhood
- delinquent
- emo
- girlhood
- grow
- mall rat
- minor
- ned
- post-adolescent
- punk
- shaver
- skinhead
- teens
- tween
- tweenager
- wild child
- yoof
- young blood
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(CITY)
If atownorcitygrowsup in aparticularplaceor way, itdevelopsthere or in that way:
（城镇在某个特定的地方或以特定的方式）形成，发展，兴起Thecitygrewuporiginallyas acrossingpointon theriver.这个城市最初是从河流的一个渡口发展起来的。
Becoming bigger
- accrete
- accrue
- anti-growth
- bell
- billow
- bump
- elongate
- engorged
- enlarge
- enlargement
- expansion
- extension
- oak
- putsomethingon
- regenerate
- scalability
- scalable
- scaleable
- shoot
- stretch