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单词 outgrow
释义
outgrow
verb[T]
uk
/ˌaʊtˈɡrəʊ/us
/ˌaʊtˈɡroʊ/
outgrew|outgrown

outgrowverb[T](SIZE)

togrowbiggerthan or toobigfor something:
长得比…大；长得太大（而不再需要）
My seven-year-old got newshoesinApril, and he's already outgrown them(= hisfeethavegrowntoolargefor them).我7岁的儿子4月份刚买了双新鞋，现在已经穿不下了。
Thecompanyoutgrew(=becametoolargefor)itsofficespace.公司发展壮大后办公室不够用了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming bigger
  • accrete
  • accrue
  • anti-growth
  • bell
  • billow
  • bump
  • elongate
  • engorged
  • enlarge
  • enlargement
  • expansion
  • extension
  • oak
  • putsomethingon
  • regenerate
  • scalability
  • scalable
  • scaleable
  • shoot
  • stretch
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outgrowverb[T](AGE)

toloseinterestin anideaoractivityas you getolder:
因长大而对…失去兴趣
Heeventuallyoutgrew hisadolescentinterestinwarandguns.他少年时期对战争和枪炮的兴趣终于不复存在了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bore and bored
  • banal
  • be (stuck) in a grooveidiom
  • be watching the clockidiom
  • bend
  • blah
  • boil
  • bore
  • bore the ass offsomeoneidiom
  • bored
  • languidly
  • listless
  • listlessly
  • listlessness
  • restless
  • tire
  • underwhelm
  • underwhelmed
  • undynamic
  • uninspired
  • uninterested
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(Definition ofoutgrowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

outgrow| American Dictionary

outgrow
verb[T]
us
/ɑʊtˈɡroʊ/
past tenseoutgrewus/ˌɑʊtˈɡru/|past participleoutgrownus/ˌɑʊtˈɡroʊn/
togrowtoolargefor something:
Ourteenagerhas outgrown most of hisclothes.
Thecompanyoutgrewitsofficespace.
(Definition ofoutgrowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

outgrow| Business English

outgrow
verb[T]
uk
/ˌaʊtˈɡrəʊ/us
outgrew|outgrown
if acompanyororganizationoutgrowsitsbuildingsoroffices, itbecomestoobigfor them:
Thefoundationisexpandingrapidlyand has outgrownitscurrentfacility.
to need something that isbigger, moremodern, etc. than what you have or use at thepresenttime, forexample, because you havebecomemoresuccessful,skilled, etc. than you werepreviously:
Inrecentyears,airtravelhas outgrown theairtrafficcontrolsystem.
tobecomemoresuccessfulorimportantthan anotherpersonorcompanythat isinvolvedin the sameactivityorindustryas you are:
Analysts havepredictedthatChinawill outgrowAmericaeconomicallyin the seconddecadeof the 21stcentury.
(Definition ofoutgrowfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoutgrow

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No work is predetermined; every work begins somewhere with a motif and outgrows its organ to become an organism.
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To a debate that persists (despite the field's outgrowing it), nielsen's target article proposes a singularly constructive and clearly stated resolution.
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A change in preferences is more likely to be the case when a person outgrows their childhood socio-economic status.
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In most cases the child quickly outgrows the outfit and never has another opportunity to wear it.
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The second cause of stenosis, outgrowing the small prosthesis, is another specific problem of children with a small annulus.
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While it has long outgrown its initial aspirations, they are worth acknowledging.
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Unfortunately, years of inflation, pay curbs and good intentions had taken their toll; and social security payments were outgrowing wages.
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He outgrew his shyness, but the insecurity and a deep unhappiness remained.
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Such objections will really not do, and by this stage in the book we ought to have outgrown the belief that they might.
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Since then, livestock populations have substantially outgrown the capacity of commons for meeting grazing requirements.
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Either the child outgrows mild problems or these become worse.
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On the right it engendered levels of nationalist engagement and forms of agitation which far outgrew the cosy informalities of conventional conservative politics.
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They propose that these individuals performed an essential function in ancestral groups, splitting populations as they outgrew resources.
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While we have attempted to oversize slightly the conduit at the time of surgery, all the grafts eventually will be outgrown.
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Too much detail, and there is a danger of overwhelming the student, but too little and the text becomes superficial and will soon be outgrown.
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