| 单词 | negative growth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnegative growth negative growth n. (a) Biology reduction in the size of an organism in response to starvation or other unfavourable conditions; (b) decline of a population, economy, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > negative growth negative growth1926 1926 Amer. Naturalist 60 59 A positive growth increases up to a certain point..beyond which a negative growth period obtains, causing the animal to return..toward a zero size. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. iii. 217 The life of such lower organisms as are capable of negative growth may be greatly prolonged. 1964 A. E. Needham Growth Process in Animals iii. 29 In the lower animals negative growth or degrowth is commonly reversible, sometimes to a remarkable degree. It is a normal response to starvation and to some other conditions. 1977 National Observer (U.S.) 8 Jan. 9/3 There is..a tendency to think of slow growth as dull, no growth as galling, and negative growth as depressing. 2001 New Straits Times (Malaysia) 19 Oct. 2/3 The continued inflow of foreign direct investments into the country's manufacturing sector even at the time when the country was registering negative growth. < as lemmas |
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