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no-growth

/adjective noh-grohth; noun noh-grohth/US // adjective ˈnoʊˌgroʊθ; noun ˈnoʊˈgroʊθ //

不增长,无增长,不生长,不成长

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : failing to or unlikely to grow; showing a lack of progress or development: a no-growth industry.
    • : restricting or prohibiting growth or expansion: a no-growth policy; no-growth rulings.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a policy or practice of curtailing growth, expansion, or development: After expanding too rapidly, the city is now in favor of no-growth.

Examples

  • Or has the see and hear and speak-no-evil stance of the Republican House persuaded him that he is in the clear?

  • These days, plenty of women are turning to online sites for no-frills male companionship.

  • Riffing off the slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly,” the carrier offered no-frills flights that were both cheap and plentiful.

  • It is very popular in Southeast Asia and has had massive growth.

  • Texas has also started to become an engine of economic growth.

  • Water itself is of course essential to the growth of every plant, but the benefits of Irrigation reach far beyond this.

  • Potatoes also are extensively planted, and I never saw a more vigorous growth.

  • It would be a modest guess that Accadian culture implied a growth of at least ten thousand years.

  • My No. 4239 addressed to Maxwell and repeated to you was sent before receiving your telegram under reply.

  • He was a new breed, that parson, a genuwine no-two-alike, come-one-in-a-box kind.