兴旺;茂盛;繁荣 flourish / thrive
l "flourish","兴旺;茂盛; 繁荣"的意思,同义字是"thrive""茁壮成长; 欣欣向荣",反义词是 "go to the dogs","堕落; 败坏; 衰退; 濒临崩溃"
"flourish",意思就是"兴旺;茂盛; 繁荣",用"flourish"来造句,我们可以说:"The crisis inspired a trend of flourishing spiritual reflection." (这个危机启发了一阵蓬勃的心灵反省趋势),"crisis",是"危机;紧急关头; 难关"的意思."inspire" "引起,赋予启示","trend" "趋势,倾向"最后,"spiritual reflection",是"心灵的反省"。
"flourish"繁荣"的同义字是"thrive",它的意思是"兴旺; 茁壮成长; 茂盛生长;欣欣向荣",我们可以说,"煽情的媒体报导因为民众的好奇天性而得以欣欣向荣","Sensational media reporting thrives on people's instinctive curiosity.","sensational","引起轰动的,煽情的","reporting","报导","instinctive",(出於)本能或天性的;(来自於)直觉的",最后,"curiosity",是好奇心"的意思."。
"flourish" "兴旺,茂盛"的反义字是"go to the dogs","堕落;败坏; 衰退; 濒临崩溃","在找到自我之前,她的一生都濒临崩溃","Her life was going to the dogs until she found her true self.","true self","真正的自己"。
flourish除了可以说生意繁荣昌盛以外,还可说人健康幸福及动植物生长茂盛。它的近义词prosper就只是更倾向于说经济方面的繁荣,比如说the economy prospered。
Thrive也是前面两个词的近义词,跟flourish一样涵盖的范围更广一些,如形容生意,人,动植物都可以用thrive。我自己的感觉就是flourish & thrive之间,flourish强调的是一个状态,而thrive则说得是个过程。
flourish和thrive都可表示“繁荣、兴旺”,
其中flourish指健康地成长发展或处于发展的高峰; thrive主要指生长得健壮,引申为繁荣。
flourish
vi.
1. (植物等)茂盛,繁茂
This type of plant flourishes in hot countries.
这种植物在热带国家生长茂盛。
2. (事业等)繁荣,兴旺
His business is flourishing.
他的生意兴隆。
3. (人)健壮有力;处于旺盛时期
Art flourished in that period.
那个时期艺术十分繁荣。
4. 手舞足蹈
vt.
1. 挥舞[(+at)]
He flourished his clenched fist at her.
他对她挥舞握紧的拳头。
2. 炫耀,夸耀
The scholar never flourished his knowledge.
那位学者从不炫耀知识。
3. 装饰
n.
1. 挥舞;炫耀性的动作[C]
She rode by with a flourish of her whip.
她骑马挥鞭而过。
2. (手写花体字上的)花饰[C]
3. 【音】装饰性乐段;响亮的喇叭吹奏[C]
4. 华丽的词藻[C][U]
Her speech was full of flourish.
她的演讲充满了华丽的词藻。
5. 炫耀[U]
He showed us his new design with much flourish.
他炫耀地向我们展示他的新设计。
thrive
vi.
1. 兴旺,繁荣;成功[(+on)]
The real estate business is thriving.
房地产生意兴隆。
2. 茁壮成长;茂盛生长
Rice thrives in this hot weather.
水稻在这种热天气中生长旺盛。
前者:vi,茂盛,兴旺;健康成长
vt,挥舞,炫耀
n,挥舞,炫耀;高奏
后者:vi,兴旺发达,繁荣