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■ flourish原意是“兴旺”、“繁荣”。 - Sculpture flourished in ancient Greece.古希腊的雕塑很兴旺。
- Grass-eating animals flourish in this region.这个地区的食草动物繁殖很多。
- Business flourished and within six months they were earning 18,000 dollars a day.生意兴隆起来，过了半年，他们一天就赚一万八千美元。
- He is flourishing in his new job.他现在的新差事干得很得心应手。
- Keep the soil moist. That way, the seedling will flourish.要让土壤保湿润。这样，幼苗才能长得好。
- Advertising has flourished since World War II.自从第二次世界大战以来，广告业就十分风行。
也可以稍为减弱，只是指一个人在公众当中活跃起影响。 - Aristotle flourished in the fourth century BC.亚里士多德活跃于公元前 4 世纪。
略为加强一点语气，可以加 well。 - The plant flourishes particularly well in slightly harsher climes.这种植物，在气候条件略为严酷一点的地区，长得特别好。
flourish 通常同 well 的比较级 better 尤其是最高级 best 连用，此时意义有点扩大、冲淡，往往指“过得好些（最好）”或“处境好些（最好）”或“更为（最为）顺利”，往往没有“繁荣”、“昌盛”这样重的意思。 flourish better - People who have active imaginations flourish better in remote regions where there is lacking a steady stream of sensory stimulation.想象力活跃的人，如果处于缺乏稳定的、细水长流的感官刺激的偏僻地区，他们会更能发挥能力。
但是通常要同 than 一起，表示比较。 - Invasive plant species can flourish better in their new homes than in their place of origin.侵袭性的植物品种，到了新的地方，可以比在它们的原产地长得更好。
- Certain rootstocks flourish better in one kind of soil than in another.有些根茎，在某些土壤就长得好些，在别的土壤就长得差些。
flourish best 已经成为英语的一个惯用词组，中文翻译时要灵活表达。 - Some critics of classical liberalism and libertarianism have suggested that community life is alien to libertarians. Not so. People flourish best among other people, provided those others do not thwart their freedom. (Tibor R. Machan, Libertarian Justice)有一些对自由主义和自由意志主义持批评态度的人们，言下之意认为公共生活同自由意志主义者是风马牛不相及的。不是这样的。人们身处他人当中时，是过得最适意的，只要这些人不破坏他们的自由。
- The communities where magazines flourish best are those which support libraries, and the libraries themselves, by the accompaniment of reading-rooms, render magazines accessible to many who do not subscribe for them individually. (Every Saturday: a Journal of Choice Reading, Volume I, January to June, 1874, p.362)杂志最起作用的社区，是那些对图书馆采取支持态度的社区，而图书馆本身，加上阅览室与之搭配，又使得许多没有单独订阅杂志的人看到杂志。
- They (= some corals) are, however, most abundant down to 500m, and though they can survive temperatures below 0°C, they flourish best between 5°C and 10°C. (Euan Neilson Kerr Clarkson, Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution, p.132)但是，这些珊瑚生长最茂盛的地方是在水深五百米之处，它们虽然能够经得住摄氏零度以下的低温，但是生长最顺利的还是在摄氏五到十度之间。
- The mentally retarded flourish best when they are permitted to play exclusively with the mentally retarded.弱智者如果被允许仅同弱智者一起玩耍，他们就过得最好。
- In the streets running north and south, the trees flourish best on both sides, as there each has the advantage of the sun for a portion of the day; but in the streets running east and west, the trees flourish best on the north side, from their having the sun during many hours, while those on the south side have only the beams of the rising and setting sun, and that only when he is north of the equator, so that they are here fewer in number, and do not flourish so well.(James Silk Buckingham, America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive, p.329)南北向的马路，两旁的树长得最好，因为两边每天都有一段时间晒得着太阳；而东西向的马路，则北边的树因为一天当中有许多个钟头晒得着太阳，所以长得最好，而南边的树却只有日出日落时有来自赤道北边的太阳光线射到，所以数目少些，也长得不那么好。
- Research in the pure sciences certainly seems to flourish best when there is an interplay between students and teachers, each invigorating the other. (J. R. Killian, Jr., "University Research", in Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, Vol. 30, No. 1)纯科学的研究，看来在师生彼此互动，相得益彰的时候最能见效。
- We flourish best out of the harsh glare of media light.我们唯有躲开媒体刺眼的闪光灯，才能过得舒服。
- They(=micro-organisms) flourish best in presence of moisture. (John Howard Appleton, Lessons in Chemical Philosophy, p.163)这些微生物最适宜生活在潮湿环境之中。
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