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`複合賓語。
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.
2、grow作“生長”“發育”解時是不及物動詞,其後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.
土壤中的養分能促進植物生長。
3、grow作“漸漸變成”解時是不及物動詞,其後常接動詞不定式作狀語,表示結果。有時也可用作系動詞,後接名詞、形容詞(多為比較級)或相當於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.
關於這件事,我們家庭裏發生了許多次的口角,這些口角逐漸發展到危險的程度。
4、grow的過去分詞grown和現在分詞growing都可用作形容詞,在句中作定語。