thrive, flourish, prosper
这组词都有“旺盛”的意思。它们的区别是：
1.flourish和thrive都可指生物发育好, flourish用以指植物,强调枝叶茂密或花果累累, thrive既可指植物,也可指动物和人。
2.flourish, thrive和prosper都可引申表示在某方面兴旺发达, prosper强调在经济上兴旺发达; flourish和thrive强调在某事业上如文化、艺术、科学、体育或某行业上兴旺发达。
3.表示经济繁荣时, flourish, prosper和thrive可互换。
In 1979, Liquor Barn thrived as a discount merchandiser.
1979年，LiquorBarn烈酒折扣店的生意十分红火。
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The humpback chub , for example, thrived in the rust - red waters of theColorado.
比如在科罗拉多红锈色的水中繁衍的弓背鲑.
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Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this God - given hay.
在户外放养靠自己觅食的牛群,就靠吃这种天赐的干草而繁衍.
辞典例句
On the whole, the provinces thrived under roman rule.
整体而言, 各行省在罗马统治下繁荣发达.
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Personally I thrived on the food and put on weight.
从我个人来说,靠吃这种伙食而长胖了,增加了体重.
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Harry Truman thrived on the cut and thrust of politics.
哈里·杜鲁门是靠政治上短兵相接起家的.
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The silkworms of Old Tong Bao's family grew and thrived!
老通宝家的蚕非常好!
汉英文学 - 春蚕
Strange to say, the child thrived.
说来也怪, 孩子竟然长得很好.
辞典例句
It was hard to avoid the impression that Nixon, who thrived on crisis also craved disasters.
人们无法不得出这样的印象:靠危机发迹的尼克松同时又喜欢灾祸.
辞典例句
He smoked cigarettes and drank whiskey, and he thrived on good wit and stimulating intellectual conversation.
他抽烟,喝威士忌, 仗着巧妙的辞令和使人开窍、动人心弦的谈话混得很不错.
辞典例句
Contentment made him even more amiable, and his business thrived.
心里舒服,对人就更和气, 买卖也就更顺心.
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She says her marriage thrived , causing friends to ask for her help.
她说,现在她的婚姻有活力了, 朋友们开始找她寻求帮助.
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Basic industries , such as energy and transportation, have thrived.
能源 、 交通等基础产业蓬勃兴起.
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But Rolex thrived in the face of disruptive technologies.
但劳力士在面临破坏性技术的蓬勃发展.
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Nevertheless, as private - sector unions have faded, public - sector ones have thrived.
尽管私人企业的工会日渐衰落, 但是公共机构的工会却日益昌盛.
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