outgrow 详细解释

outgrow

['aut'grəu]

v.过大而不适于,长大成熟而不再, 长得比 ... 快(或大、高)

vt.

1. 长大了便不再适用

outgrow one's clothes

个子长大了衣服穿不下

2. 长大成熟而不再

He has outgrown his credulity.

他已长大成熟而不再轻信。

3. 长得比……快(或大、高)

By the time he was ten, he had outgrown his older brother.

他十岁的时候就已经长得比他哥哥高了。

词形变化

动词过去式: outgrew | 动词过去分词: outgrown | 动词现在分词: outgrowing | 动词第三人称单数: outgrows |

英英释义

动词 outgrow:

grow too large or too mature for

grow faster than

补充

outgrowoutgrow英:[autˈɡrəu] 美:[aʊtˈɡro]vt.1.长[发展]得超过(某物)的范围; 长[发展]得不能再要(某物)That boy outgrows his clothes every few months.那男孩生长发育很快, 每隔几个月他的衣服就穿不下了。2.长得比…快; 生长速度超过This variety of tomato outgrows all others.这种品种的西红柿生长得比所有其他品种快。3.生长或进步超过了…She outgrew the company she worked for and found a better job somewhere else.她进步很快, 不再满足于她所在工作的公司, 于是又在别处找到一份更好的工作。

例句

1. She outgrew her clothes so rapidly that Patsy was always having to buy new ones.她个头长得太快, 衣服很快就穿不下了, 所以帕齐只好一直买新衣服。 2. She had now outgrown her juvenile sense of humour.她现在长大了, 已经不再有少年时的幽默感。 3. The girl may or may not outgrow her interest in fashion.这个女孩可能会随着年龄的增长而对时尚失去兴趣, 也可能不会。 4. Although she was younger, she outgrew her brother.尽管她年龄小, 但个头已经超过她哥哥了。 5. He said that the order was outgrown for the situation.他说在那种形势下,该命令已不适用了。 6. to outgrow one's fear of the dark.因长大而不再害怕黑暗 7. You have greatly outgrown your father now.你现在长得比你父亲高多了。 8. the cradle which Patrick had outgrown.帕特里克已睡不下的摇篮。 9. her chest infections were long outgrown.长大后她早就不再得肺炎了。 10. the more vigorous plants outgrow their weaker neighbours.生命力更旺盛的植物比邻近长势较弱的植物长得更快。 11. Kids outgrow their clothes so quickly.孩子们长得太快,衣服很快就小了。 12. The plant has outgrown my garden.那株植物长大了,已经不适合种在我的花园里了。 13. Our business is outgrowing its small office building.我们的生意正在壮大发展,这座小办公楼已经不够用了。 14. Her bad behavior is just a phase. I'm sure she'll outgrow it. [=grow out of it]她的不良行为只是阶段性的。我确信,等她长大了,她会改的。 15. She's outgrown most of her toys.她已经长大了,对多数玩具不感兴趣了。 16. I realized that I had outgrown my old high school friends.我意识到自己已经长大了,和高中时的老朋友们越走越远了。 17. populations outgrowing their food supplies食品供应跟不上人口的快速增长