成长

成长 [chéng zhǎng]

1. ■ grow up; grow to maturity; adolesce:

关心年轻一代的健康成长 take an active interest in the healthy growth of the younger generation;

他已成长为22岁的青年了。 He has grown into a young man of twenty-two.

新栽的果树正在茁壮成长。 The young fruit trees are growing well.

这是一个仍在成长中的年轻国家。 It is a young nation, still adolescing.

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常用词组

1. ■ 成长机理 growth mechanism;

2. ■ 成长经济学 growth economics;

3. ■ 成长事例 efflorescence