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flourish

英 [ˈflʌrɪʃ]

美 [ˈflɜːrɪʃ]

v.  繁荣; 昌盛; 兴旺; 茁壮成长; 健康幸福; (为引起注意)挥舞
n.  (为引起注意的)夸张动作; 给人深刻印象的行动; 令人难忘的方式; (讲话或文章的)华丽辞藻,修饰

过去式:flourished 过去分词:flourished 现在分词:flourishing 复数:flourishes 第三人称单数:flourishes 

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同义词辨析

flourishboomprosperthrive【导航词义:繁荣】

flourishv. 繁荣,兴旺
〔辨析〕
指经济、事业等发展迅速或取得巨大成功,也指植物茁壮成长。
〔例证〕
His business seemed to be flourishing.
他的生意似乎很兴旺。
Township enterprises have flourished over the past 10 years.
在过去的10年里,乡镇企业蓬勃发展。
The service industry is flourishing day by day.
服务行业蒸蒸日上。
The plants are flourishing and the flowers are blooming.
植物繁茂,鲜花怒放。
boomv. 迅速发展,繁荣
〔辨析〕
指商业、贸易等进入快速发展时期,规模更大、更成功。
〔例证〕
The digital publishing industry is booming nowadays.
如今数字出版业迅猛发展。
The fishing industry of that country was booming in the 1890s.
那个国家的捕鱼业在19世纪90年代繁荣一时。
prosperv. 兴旺,发达
〔辨析〕
指人、企业等经营有方,经济上获利颇丰。
〔例证〕
With great perseverance and untiring industry, he prospered.
他靠着坚毅顽强和勤劳不懈发达起来了。
The business prospered under the leadership of the new president.
在新任总裁的领导下公司生意兴隆。
His business prospered after introducing a new management system.
引进新的管理系统后,他的公司业务兴旺起来。
thrivev. 〈正式〉兴旺,欣欣向荣
〔辨析〕
指人、动植物健康茁壮成长;也指经济繁荣发展,作此义解时常可与 flourish 或 prosper 换用。
〔例证〕
Children thrive in the country air.
乡村的空气使孩子们茁壮成长。
The plants throve after the rain.
下过雨后这些植物长势喜人。
Now that the highway is finished, the shopping centre should thrive/flourish/prosper.
既然这条公路已经竣工,那个商业中心一定会兴隆起来。

牛津词典

    verb

    • 繁荣;昌盛;兴旺
      to develop quickly and be successful or common
      1. Few businesses are flourishing in the present economic climate.
        在目前的经济气候下,很少有企业兴旺发达。
    • 茁壮成长;健康幸福
      to grow well; to be healthy and happy
      1. These plants flourish in a damp climate.
        这些植物在潮湿的气候下长势茂盛。
      2. I'm glad to hear you're all flourishing.
        听说你们都健康幸福,我感到高兴。
    • (为引起注意)挥舞
      to wave sth around in a way that makes people look at it

      noun

      • (为引起注意的)夸张动作
        an exaggerated movement that you make when you want sb to notice you
        1. He opened the door for her with a flourish.
          他做了一个夸张动作为她开了门。
      • 给人深刻印象的行动;令人难忘的方式
        an impressive act or way of doing sth
        1. The season ended with a flourish for Owen, when he scored in the final minute of the match.
          欧文以一个惊人之举结束了这个赛季:他在比赛最后一分钟进了球。
      • (讲话或文章的)华丽辞藻,修饰
        details and decoration that are used in speech or writing
        1. a speech full of rhetorical flourishes
          满篇华丽辞藻的演讲
      • (尤指手写体的)装饰曲线;花彩字
        a curved line, that is used as decoration, especially in writing
        1. 花彩号声
          a loud short piece of music, that is usually played to announce an important person or event
          1. a flourish of trumpets
            小号齐鸣

        柯林斯词典

        • VERB 繁荣;兴盛;兴旺
          If somethingflourishes, it is successful, active, or common, and developing quickly and strongly.
          1. Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day...
            生意红火起来,不出6 个月他们就可以每天赚 18,000 卢布了。
          2. Racism and crime still flourish in the ghetto.
            城市贫民区的种族主义和犯罪仍然十分猖獗。
        • VERB (植物或动物)长势好,茁壮成长
          If a plant or animalflourishes, it grows well or is healthy because the conditions are right for it.
          1. The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes.
            这种植物在气候条件稍差一点的地区长势尤其好。
        • VERB 挥动,挥舞(以引起注意)
          If youflourishan object, you wave it about in a way that makes people notice it.
          1. He flourished the glass to emphasize the point.
            他挥动手中的杯子来强调这一点。
          2. Flourishis also a noun.
          3. He took his peaked cap from under his arm with a flourish and pulled it low over his eyes.
            他一下子把尖顶帽从胳膊下面掏出来戴在头上,然后把帽檐拉低盖住眼睛。
        • N-COUNT (为引人注意的)夸张动作
          If you do somethingwith aflourish, you do in a showy way so that people notice it.
          1. She tended to finish dancing with a flourish.
            她往往以夸张的姿势结束舞蹈。
        • N-COUNT 装饰曲线;装饰图案
          Aflourishis a curly line or piece of decoration.
          1. He scrawled his name across the bill, underlining it with a showy flourish.
            他在账单上潦草地签上自己的名字,并在名字下面画了一条花体线。

        英英释义

        noun

        • (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
          1. he entered to a flourish of trumpets
          2. her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare
          Synonym:fanfaretucket
        • the act of waving
            Synonym:brandish
          1. a display of ornamental speech or language
            1. a showy gesture
              1. she entered with a great flourish
            2. an ornamental embellishment in writing

              verb

              双语例句

              • For decades similar banks in Germany and the Nordic region have helped their private sectors flourish.
                几十年来,德国和北欧地区的类似银行已帮助其私人部门繁荣发展。
              • If left unchecked, weeds will flourish.
                如果不加以遏制,杂草就会疯长。
              • The Internet provides a fertile breeding ground for this sort of behavior to flourish.
                互联网提供了这种行为进行排序肥沃的滋生地蓬勃发展。
              • He scrawled his name across the bill, underlining it with a showy flourish.
                他在账单上潦草地签上自己的名字,并在名字下面画了一条花体线。
              • He flourished the glass to emphasize the point.
                他挥动手中的杯子来强调这一点。
              • There must be some reason why tomatoes will not flourish in this soil.
                西红柿在这土里长不好,其中必有缘故。
              • As the sprout of capitalism emerged in Ming Dynasty, Chinese society saw a substantial flourish in many industries.
                由于资本主义的萌芽出现在明代,中国社会看到了大量在许多行业蓬勃发展。
              • Crops flourish in rich soil.
                作物在肥沃的土壤中长得茂盛。
              • More and more people are needed to empolder the game, with the flourish development of the industry.
                随着游戏产业的蓬勃发展,将需要越来越多的人加入到游戏开发中来。
              • Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 roubles a day
                生意红火起来,不出6个月他们就可以每天赚18,000卢布了。