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throve

/throhv/US // θroʊv //UK // (θrəʊv) //

悸动,增长,节日,节奏

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : a simple past tense of thrive.

Examples

  • It throve because it came with the tempting bribe of Heaven in one hand, and the withering threat of Hell in the other.

  • There were still dissensions and jars, but the Colony throve and grew in industry and strength.

  • Meanwhile the population grew and throve under colonial protection.

  • He visited them daily to see how they throve, and was very angry when he saw, one day, that a favorite tree was badly hacked.

  • The Pierstons kept a dogged middle course, throve without show or noise, and also retired in their turn.