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Definition of thrive in English:

thrive

verbthriving, thrives, throve, thrived, thriven θrʌɪvθraɪv
[no object]
  • 1(of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously.

    (孩子,动物)茁壮成长,植物茂盛生长

    the new baby thrived

    这新生婴儿长得快。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vigilance by all who want to see these wonderful creatures thrive into the future is still in order.
    • The parrot was thriving and got very fat but it was running short on feathers.
    • Society should recognise that a child may thrive in any number of different family structures.
    • Bees thrive in London: they have a far better choice of flowers than their country cousins.
    • It can mean anything which helps a family to function and where children thrive.
    • Anglers are being drawn back to the banks of the river in the heart of Greater Manchester where fish are thriving again.
    • It is an easy plant to grow, thriving in most well-drained soils and sun or light shade.
    • The younger children are thriving and living peaceful lives here in Bolton.
    • These beasts have thriven on the Great Plain since the early Middle Ages.
    • This extremely winter-hardy species thrives in a lightly shaded location.
    • They differ from land forests because of the soil types and the fact that the plant life and trees thrive in salt water.
    • Rice also thrives in the climate, and yields in the Sacramento Valley are the highest in the world.
    • Cereals, beans, and vines thrive in between clumps of eucalyptus on the heavy but fertile clay soils.
    • The red algae thrives in places where the concentration of oxygen is very less.
    • This has now grown to 19 acres where a plant population of 20,000 species thrives.
    • Barn owls thrive in and around human settlements in villages, towns and cities.
    • Each of her children thrived on her love and attention and all of them achieved fulfillment from their chosen professions.
    • His children thrived and Heshu went on to study at the William Morris Academy in Fulham, south-west London.
    • This fast-growing deciduous vine thrives in full sun and tolerates cold and drought.
    • When the temperature rises and the sun shines the algae thrives and can produce harmful toxins.
    1. 1.1 Prosper; flourish.
      兴旺发达,繁荣;旺盛
      education groups thrive on organization

      教育群体仰赖其组织性得到迅速发展。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They thrive on misinformation, on twisting the truth to suit their nefarious ends.
      • Once again, these B-grade luxury goods sellers thrive on the naiveness of tourists.
      • There is also no doubt that certain sections of the media thrive on controversy rather than the positive aspects of the game.
      • His monopoly, they say, was threatening to kill off any semblance of competition in a discipline that used to thrive on it.
      • It's the underground genres that thrive on the Internet and the record labels know it.
      • You must thrive on the knowledge that you can bully someone and get so many sycophants to follow suit.
      • Those who thrive on glib pronouncements about the role of renewables should carry out the occasional reality check.
      • You get the feeling that daily dilemmas are grist to the mill for Singh, who seems to thrive on the push and pull of the restaurant trade.
      • His party privatised the railways and fat cats thrived from the ‘greed is good Thatcher years’.
      • It is a short step from there to realising that then we also cannot hate those who thrive on spreading hatred.
      • That human minds thrive on aesthetics is a curse when trying to comprehend new surroundings.
      • The fanatics who buy into the al-Qaeda ideology thrive on anger and hate.
      • Such is the lot of the actor, who must thrive on myriad challenges.
      • It's not that I find such constant flux unpleasant - to a certain extent I thrive on it.
      • If truth must be an exile from the mainstream of politics, let it thrive on the margins.
      • There is hope even for the thrill-seekers who thrive on the chaos - but not for adult serial arsonists.
      • But literary journals and magazines have their own set of readers and thrive on them.
      • They thrive on speculation and controversy and highlight divisions, issues and problems.
      • Fortunately, Pearson seems to thrive on the insecurity of the actor's life.
      • Moneyed big companies seem to almost thrive on residents' apathy and the sentiment that the worst is as good as done.
      Synonyms
      flourish, prosper, grow vigorously, develop well, burgeon, bloom, blossom, do well, advance, make strides, succeed
      shoot up
      boom, profit, expand, go well, grow rich
      flourishing, prosperous, prospering, growing, developing, burgeoning, blooming, healthy, successful, advancing, progressing
      luxuriant, lush, prolific
      booming, profitable, expanding, fast-growing
      informal going strong

Origin

Middle English (originally in the sense 'grow, increase'): from Old Norse thrífask, reflexive of thrífa 'grasp, get hold of'. Compare with thrift.

Rhymes

alive, arrive, chive, Clive, connive, contrive, deprive, dive, drive, five, gyve, hive, I've, jive, live, MI5, revive, rive, shrive, skive, strive, survive, swive

Definition of thrive in US English:

thrive

verbTHrīvθraɪv
[no object]
  • 1(of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously.

    (孩子,动物)茁壮成长,植物茂盛生长

    the new baby thrived

    这新生婴儿长得快。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The parrot was thriving and got very fat but it was running short on feathers.
    • They differ from land forests because of the soil types and the fact that the plant life and trees thrive in salt water.
    • When the temperature rises and the sun shines the algae thrives and can produce harmful toxins.
    • Bees thrive in London: they have a far better choice of flowers than their country cousins.
    • Rice also thrives in the climate, and yields in the Sacramento Valley are the highest in the world.
    • The younger children are thriving and living peaceful lives here in Bolton.
    • Society should recognise that a child may thrive in any number of different family structures.
    • It can mean anything which helps a family to function and where children thrive.
    • Barn owls thrive in and around human settlements in villages, towns and cities.
    • His children thrived and Heshu went on to study at the William Morris Academy in Fulham, south-west London.
    • Cereals, beans, and vines thrive in between clumps of eucalyptus on the heavy but fertile clay soils.
    • It is an easy plant to grow, thriving in most well-drained soils and sun or light shade.
    • This has now grown to 19 acres where a plant population of 20,000 species thrives.
    • Each of her children thrived on her love and attention and all of them achieved fulfillment from their chosen professions.
    • This fast-growing deciduous vine thrives in full sun and tolerates cold and drought.
    • This extremely winter-hardy species thrives in a lightly shaded location.
    • Anglers are being drawn back to the banks of the river in the heart of Greater Manchester where fish are thriving again.
    • These beasts have thriven on the Great Plain since the early Middle Ages.
    • Vigilance by all who want to see these wonderful creatures thrive into the future is still in order.
    • The red algae thrives in places where the concentration of oxygen is very less.
    1. 1.1 Prosper; flourish.
      兴旺发达,繁荣;旺盛
      education groups thrive on organization

      教育群体仰赖其组织性得到迅速发展。

      a thriving economy

      欣欣向荣的经济。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Fortunately, Pearson seems to thrive on the insecurity of the actor's life.
      • Once again, these B-grade luxury goods sellers thrive on the naiveness of tourists.
      • It is a short step from there to realising that then we also cannot hate those who thrive on spreading hatred.
      • They thrive on speculation and controversy and highlight divisions, issues and problems.
      • You get the feeling that daily dilemmas are grist to the mill for Singh, who seems to thrive on the push and pull of the restaurant trade.
      • There is also no doubt that certain sections of the media thrive on controversy rather than the positive aspects of the game.
      • You must thrive on the knowledge that you can bully someone and get so many sycophants to follow suit.
      • There is hope even for the thrill-seekers who thrive on the chaos - but not for adult serial arsonists.
      • If truth must be an exile from the mainstream of politics, let it thrive on the margins.
      • It's not that I find such constant flux unpleasant - to a certain extent I thrive on it.
      • Such is the lot of the actor, who must thrive on myriad challenges.
      • They thrive on misinformation, on twisting the truth to suit their nefarious ends.
      • Moneyed big companies seem to almost thrive on residents' apathy and the sentiment that the worst is as good as done.
      • It's the underground genres that thrive on the Internet and the record labels know it.
      • But literary journals and magazines have their own set of readers and thrive on them.
      • That human minds thrive on aesthetics is a curse when trying to comprehend new surroundings.
      • His monopoly, they say, was threatening to kill off any semblance of competition in a discipline that used to thrive on it.
      • The fanatics who buy into the al-Qaeda ideology thrive on anger and hate.
      • His party privatised the railways and fat cats thrived from the ‘greed is good Thatcher years’.
      • Those who thrive on glib pronouncements about the role of renewables should carry out the occasional reality check.
      Synonyms
      flourish, prosper, grow vigorously, develop well, burgeon, bloom, blossom, do well, advance, make strides, succeed
      flourishing, prosperous, prospering, growing, developing, burgeoning, blooming, healthy, successful, advancing, progressing

Origin

Middle English (originally in the sense ‘grow, increase’): from Old Norse thrífask, reflexive of thrífa ‘grasp, get hold of’. Compare with thrift.

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