| 释义 |
●ˌgrow ˈup 🔑1. when a person grows up, they become an adult 长大成人◆Kate’s growing up fast.
凯特长得很快。◆Oh, grow up (= behave in a more sensible way) and stop making such a fuss!
喂，懂事点，别这么闹了！◆He was a difficult teenager, but grew up to be a responsible adult.
他十几岁时很难相处，可长大成人后很有责任心。2. [+adv/prep] to spend the time you are a child in a particular place or in a particular way （在某地或以某种方式）成长，长大◆He grew up in Portugal.
他在葡萄牙长大。◆Mel and I grew up together.
梅尔和我是一起长大的。◆This generation has grown up on MTV.
这代人是看音乐电视长大的。 ➡ SYNONYMS 同义词辨析grow up
develop ◇ grow up ◇ mature ◇ shoot up
These verbs are all used to talk about children becoming bigger or more adult. 这些动词都表示长大、成人。
develop
to gradually become bigger, stronger and more like an adult 逐渐长大；成长The child is developing normally. 这小孩发育正常。
grow up
to develop into an adult 长大；成长My children have grown up and left home. 我的孩子都长大离家了。Children grow up fast. 孩子们长得很快。
mature
to develop emotionally and start to behave like a sensible adult 变成熟He has matured a lot over the past year. 过去一年他成熟了很多。
shoot up
to become bigger very quickly 快速长大；蹿高The kids have shot up since I last saw them. 自我上次见到他们以来，孩子们长高了不少。
WHICH WORD?
Grow up never means ‘to become larger in size’. Use grow instead. * grow up 从不表示“个头变大”，表示此义用 grow。
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONSto grow up fast / quickly / rapidly to develop / mature quickly / rapidly to develop / mature emotionally / physically to grow up / develop / mature into an adult, etc.3. to develop gradually 逐渐发展；日渐形成◆The town had grown up around the abbey.
这座小镇是环绕修道院发展起来的。◆A cult had grown up around him.
逐渐形成了一种对他的狂热崇拜。SYN develop[v + adv]▸ ˌgrown-ˈup adjective (informal) 1. mentally and physically an adult 长大成人的；成年的◆He has two grown-up children.
他有两个已成年的孩子。2. like an adult in behaviour 老成的；成熟的◆Susie is very grown-up for her age.
相对她的年龄来说，苏茜非常成熟。▸ ˈgrown-up noun (informal) (used especially by adults when talking to children, or by children 尤用于成年人对儿童说话或作儿童用语)
an adult person 大人；成人◆The grown-ups will sit at one table and the children at another.
大人坐一桌，小孩坐另一桌。 |