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单词
grow fat
释义
grow fat
phrase
[
VERB
inflects
,
oft
PHRASE
on
noun
]
If you say that a person or organization
has grown fat
on
something, you mean that they have become very rich as a result of it.
[
disapproval
]
Liverpool grew fat on the basis of the slave trade.
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Examples of 'grow fat' in a sentence
grow fat
The rich grow fatter, the rest of us get ripped off.
The Sun
(
2013
)
Campaigners say farmed fish grow fat because they are reared in a confined space, compared with wild salmon that may have swum for hundreds of miles.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2014
)
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to have a disagreement (with sb)
to have a doze
to have a dream about sb/sth
to have a drink
to have a drink/a cigarette
to have a facelift
to have a facial
to have a facility for sth
to have a feel of sth
to have a field day
to have a fifty-fifty chance (of success)
to have a fit
to have a flair for sth
to have a flu/tetanus jab
to have a frog in one's throat
to have a full complement of
to have a general anaesthetic
to have a gift for sth
to have a go (at sth/at doing sth)
to have a good/bad influence on sb
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engineering consultant
engineering course
engineering factory
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