(grew/gruː/, grown/grəʊn; NAmEgroʊn/) [] to increase in size, number, strength or quality扩大；增加；增强◆Profits grew by 5% last year.利润去年增长了 5%。◆The company's turnover grew from $1.56 billion to $1.58 billion.这家公司的营业额从 15.6 亿元增加到 15.8 亿元。◆The economy failed to grow in the final quarter.经济在最后一个季度没有增长。◆The company is growing bigger all the time.这家公司一直在成长壮大。◆the challenges of running a growing business经营一家不断发展的企业的挑战◆the fastest-growing sector of the aviation industry航空业中成长最快的部门 [] to increase the size, quality or number of sth扩大；扩展；增加◆We are trying to grow the business.我们正努力扩展业务。◆The savings were used to grow market share.储蓄被用于增加市场份额。HELPGrow and grow up are sometimes confused. Grow up only means ‘to become an adult’. It does not mean ‘to increase’.grow 和 grow up 有时会弄混。grow up 只有“成长”的意思，没有“增加”的意思。●it/money doesn't grow on ˈtrees () used to tell sb not to use sth or spend money carelessly because you do not have a lot of it钱不会长在树上；那东西（或钱）来之不易●ˌgrow ˈinto sthto become more confident in a new job, etc. and learn to do it better对（新工作等）更有信心；学着做得更好◆He needed time to grow into the job.他需要时间去熟悉这项工作。●ˌgrow ˈout of sthto develop from sth产生于，源于（某事物）◆The introduction of job-sharing grew out of a desire for more flexible working hours.引用工作分担源于对更灵活的工作时间的愿望。