"Thrives"是英語動詞,譯為“繁榮、興旺、茁壯成長”,指人或事物在特定環境中持續發展並獲得成功,其第三人稱單數形式用於描述主語的積極生長或擴張過程。該詞常與介詞搭配使用,如"thrives on"表達事物發展依賴外部條件,例句“He thrives on criticism”(他以批評為動力進步)及諺語"Ill-gotten wealth never thrives"(不義之財難以持久)均體現其語義特徵。
該詞既可描述植物在特定環境下的生長狀態(如英國常春藤"thrives in small spaces"),也可用於經濟、教育等領域,如"Education thrives; industries thrive."(教育發達,工業昌盛)。其用法覆蓋生物學、社會學等多個學科,強調有機體或抽象概念的蓬勃發展。
詞源可追溯至古諾爾斯語“þrífa”(抓取)及中古英語“thriven”(獲得),原義側重物質獲取,後逐漸轉向描述生命體的茁壯成長,最終擴展至抽象成功,語義演變反映了英語辭彙的適應性變化。
基本介紹
- 外文名:thrives
- 詞性:動詞
- 類型:英語單詞
單詞釋義
短語搭配
雙語例句
- He thrives on hard work. 他以苦幹為樂事。
- Them as is not wanted scarce ever thrives. 沒人要的孩子,基本上都無法長大。
- Many people want to make a fortune by doing nothing, which is the reason why the gambling industry thrives. 許多人都想要不勞而獲賺大錢,這就是博彩行業蓬勃發展的原因。
- The youngest child of the family thrives on attention and tends to be outgoing, adventurous, optimistic, creative and less ambitious than others in the family. 家中最小的孩子精力充沛,他們往往外向、冒險、樂觀、有創造力,而且沒有家裡其他人那么雄心勃勃。
- A recurring theme is that as circumstances change, different sorts of leaders are required; a leader who thrives in one environment may struggle in another, and vice versa. 一個反覆出現的主題是,隨著環境的變化,人們需要不同類型的領導者;在一種環境中應對裕如的領導者可能在另一種環境中艱難掙扎,反之亦然。
- Once is established, shrubland thrives, particularly in the Arctic, because Arctic shrubs are good at taking advantage of increased nutrients in the soil, better than other Arctic plants. 一旦紮根土壤,灌木林地就會生長茂盛,特別是在北極地區,因為北極地區的灌木叢比其他植物更善於利用土壤中的營養成分。
- Halobacterium thrives only under conditions with high salinity. 鹽桿菌僅在高鹽度條件下才能生長。
- Carsten Peter thrives on adventure. 卡斯滕·彼得以冒險為生。
- My son lives, and thrives, sans car, at college. 我兒子沒車,他還好好地活著而且還在大學裡茁壯成長。
- As long as people live here, the ecosystem thrives. 只要有人還住在這裡,生態系統也會繼續繁榮。
- Piracy thrives because it satisfies an unmet demand. 盜版之所以猖獗,是因為其滿足了人們迫切的需求。
- She thrives on doing things with, and for, other people. 她積極地和別人一起做一些事情,或者為別人做些事。
- Mr Sarkozy thrives on adversity and is bored by tranquillity. 薩科奇先生真是一個喜迎困難而怒對平靜之人。
- The Handwritten Letter, an Art All but Lost, Thrives in Prison 失傳的書信藝術在監獄盛行
- Trust that the human race thrives when empowered to make decisions. 當人們被賦予做決定的權力時,他們會竭盡全力。
- And Baghdad is not the only place where mobile-phone commerce thrives. 況且巴格達也不是手機業務欣欣向榮的唯一地點。
- If a colony of animals practices that give-and-take well, the group thrives. 倘若一群動物很好地實行互諒互讓,那么這個群體便會繁榮興旺。
- Water leaks would be a problem because salmonella thrives in moist conditions. 由於沙門氏菌適於在潮濕環境爆發,雨水滲漏是個大問題。
- It's also the newest extremophile, or life form that thrives in extreme environments. 它也是最新型的極端微生物,或是在極端環境下生長的生命形式。
- Creatives think they hate boxes, but it's in boxes that the creative process thrives. 創意人員認為他們討厭局限的小空間,但就是在小的空間裡,創意才會蓬勃生長。
- The Woma is a distinctively marked snake and one that thrives in a desert environment. Woma是一種能夠在乾旱環境生存的有著鮮明記號的蛇。
- The climate is harsh, hot and dry, and yet - the most amazing plant life thrives there. 這裡氣候非常惡劣,炎熱乾燥,但是,令人驚嘆的植物在這裡蓬勃生長。
- On this stingy substitute rain, the behemoth of all living things, the redwood, thrives. 在這些吝嗇的雨水替代物的滋養下,萬物茁壯生長。
- The solution is to build and environment which thrives on positive feedback and transparency. 其解決方案是構建這樣的環境:有很多正面反饋和很高的透明度。
- The zodiac thrives with them to such a point that it prevents their seeing the weeping child. 黃道帶竟使他們專心到看不見孩子在哭泣。
- The problem with nationalism is that it thrives on competition-and all too often needs an enemy. 民族主義的癥結是會加劇競爭——並總是需要一個敵人。
- The human mind thrives under pressure. It anticipates that which we never even knew would or had occurred. 人們認為壓力可以促使大腦更加茁壯成長,以預知那些我們不曾預料會發生的事情。

