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VERB
生長；長大；發育
When people, animals, and plants grow, they increase in size and change physically over a period of time.
例句
We stop growing at maturity.
我們成年之后不再長個兒。
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VERB
成活；生長
If a plant or tree grows in a particular place, it is alive there.
例句
The station had roses growing at each end of the platform.
車站月臺的兩頭種著玫瑰花。
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VERB
栽種；種植
If you grow a particular type of plant, you put seeds or young plants in the ground and look after them as they develop.
例句
I always grow a few red onions...
我總是喜歡種一些紅洋蔥。
Lettuce was grown by the Ancient Romans.
古羅馬人最先種植萵苣。
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VERB
（毛發、指甲等）變長
When someone's hair grows, it gradually becomes longer. Your nails also grow.
例句
Then the hair began to grow again and I felt terrific.
然后，頭發又長起來了，我感覺棒極了。
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VERB
留長（頭發或指甲）；蓄（胡須）
If someone grows their hair, or grows a beard or moustache, they stop cutting their hair or shaving so that their hair becomes longer. You can also grow your nails.
例句
I'd better start growing my hair.
我最好開始留頭發。
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VERB
成長；長大；成熟
If someone grows mentally, they change and develop in character or attitude.
例句
They began to grow as persons.
他們開始長大成人了。
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V-LINK
變得；變成；長成
You use grow to say that someone or something gradually changes until they have a new quality, feeling, or attitude.
例句
I grew a little afraid of the guy next door...
我開始有些害怕隔壁的那個家伙。
He's growing old...
他漸漸變老了。
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VERB
增加；增強；增大
If an amount, feeling, or problem grows, it becomes greater or more intense.
例句
The number of unemployed people in Poland has grown by more than a quarter in the last month...
上個月，波蘭的失業人數增長超過了1/4。
Opposition grew and the government agreed to negotiate.
反對的聲音越來越高，政府只好同意進行談判。
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VERB
成長為；發展為
If one thing grows into another, it develops or changes until it becomes that thing.
例句
The boys grew into men...
這些男孩子長成了男子漢。
This political row threatens to grow into a full blown crisis.
這場政治爭端有可能演化成一場全面爆發的危機。
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VERB
（觀點、計劃等）產生于，源于
If something such as an idea or a plan grows out of something else, it develops from it.
例句
The idea for this book grew out of conversations with Philippa Brewster.
創作這本書的想法來源于跟菲莉帕·布魯斯特的談話。
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VERB
（經濟或公司）增長，擴大，發展
If the economy or a business grows, it increases in wealth, size, or importance.
例句
The economy continues to grow.
經濟持續發展。
...a fast growing business.
迅速發展的企業
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VERB
擴大，壯大，發展（公司等）
If someone grows a business, they take actions that will cause it to increase in wealth, size, or importance.
例句
To grow the business, he needs to develop management expertise and innovation across his team.
為了拓展業務，他需要提高整個團隊的管理技能和創新能力。
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V-ERG
（晶體）產生；使（晶體）形成
If a crystal grows, or if a scientist grows it, it forms from a solution.
例句
...crystals that grow in cavities in the rock...
巖石洞穴中形成的水晶
We tried to grow some copper sulphate crystals with our children.
我們想跟孩子們一起制作硫酸銅晶體。
Verb
1. pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;
"The weather turned nasty""She grew angry"2. become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain;
"The problem grew too large for me""Her business grew fast"3. increase in size by natural process;
"Corn doesn't grow here""In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees"4. cause to grow or develop;
"He grows vegetables in his backyard"5. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;
"He matured fast""The child grew fast"6. come into existence; take on form or shape;
"A new religious movement originated in that country""a love that sprang up from friendship""the idea for the book grew out of a short story""An interesting phenomenon uprose"7. cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;
"The Bordeaux region produces great red wines""They produce good ham in Parma""We grow wheat here""We raise hogs here"8. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
"He grew a beard""The patient developed abdominal pains""I got funny spots all over my body""Well-developed breasts"9. grow emotionally or mature;
"The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten""When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"10. become attached by or as if by the process of growth;
"The tree trunks had grown together"