grow bigger

基本解释

Indeed, the alliance has grown bigger, and is busier than it ever was during the cold war.
非但如此，与冷战时期相比，现在的北约更为庞大，更为繁忙。
This means that over generations their brains have grown bigger as they think in new ways about how to survive.
这意味着，这些鸟类由于思考如何生存下去的新方式，而又经过数代的繁衍，它们的大脑已经变得更大。
The buildings have grown bigger to absorb the street life, but not quite big enough to accommodate everyone.
为了融入街区的生活房屋越来越大，但还是不能为每个人提供住宿。
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The bunching before this mark suggests that firms that might have grown bigger chose to stay small.
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The improvement in the deficit would have been even bigger if current spending had grown in line with the budget forecast of 5.1%.
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