flourish
boom
prosper
thrive【导航词义:繁荣】
flourish v. 繁荣,兴旺
〔辨析〕指经济、事业等发展迅速或取得巨大成功,也指植物茁壮成长。
〔例证〕
His business seemed to be flourishing.
他的生意似乎很兴旺。
Township enterprises have flourished over the past 10 years.
在过去的10年里,乡镇企业蓬勃发展。
The service industry is flourishing day by day.
服务行业蒸蒸日上。
The plants are flourishing and the flowers are blooming.
植物繁茂,鲜花怒放。
boom v. 迅速发展,繁荣
〔辨析〕指商业、贸易等进入快速发展时期,规模更大、更成功。
〔例证〕
The digital publishing industry is booming nowadays.
如今数字出版业迅猛发展。
The fishing industry of that country was booming in the 1890s.
那个国家的捕鱼业在19世纪90年代繁荣一时。
prosper v. 兴旺,发达
〔辨析〕指人、企业等经营有方,经济上获利颇丰。
〔例证〕
With great perseverance and untiring industry, he prospered.
他靠着坚毅顽强和勤劳不懈发达起来了。
The business prospered under the leadership of the new president.
在新任总裁的领导下公司生意兴隆。
His business prospered after introducing a new management system.
引进新的管理系统后,他的公司业务兴旺起来。
thrive v. 〈正式〉兴旺,欣欣向荣
〔辨析〕指人、动植物健康茁壮成长;也指经济繁荣发展,作此义解时常可与 flourish 或 prosper 换用。
〔例证〕
Children thrive in the country air.
乡村的空气使孩子们茁壮成长。
The plants throve after the rain.
下过雨后这些植物长势喜人。
Now that the highway is finished, the shopping centre should thrive/flourish/prosper.
既然这条公路已经竣工,那个商业中心一定会兴隆起来。