用法:
1、grow作“種植”解時是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,也可接以名詞或形容詞充當補足語的`復合賓語。
The farmers have grown crops for generations.
農民們幾輩子都種農作物。
In this flat country people grow wheat and corn and raise cattle and sheep.
在這土地平坦的鄉(xiāng)間,人們種植小麥、玉米,并飼養(yǎng)牛羊。
2、grow作“生長”“發(fā)育”解時是不及物動詞,其后接介詞或副詞表示各種附加意義。
The nutrient in the soil acts as a stimulus to make the plants grow.
土壤中的養(yǎng)分能促進植物生長。
3、grow作“漸漸變成”解時是不及物動詞,其后常接動詞不定式作狀語,表示結果。有時也可用作系動詞,后接名詞、形容詞(多為比較級)或相當于形容詞的過去分詞作表語。
We had many family quarrels about it, and they began in time to grow up to a dangerous height.
關于這件事,我們家庭里發(fā)生了許多次的口角,這些口角逐漸發(fā)展到危險的程度。
4、grow的過去分詞grown和現(xiàn)在分詞growing都可用作形容詞,在句中作定語。