grow out of

英 [ɡrəʊ aʊt ɒv]

美 [ɡroʊ aʊt əv]

（因自身长大或改变而）改掉（或戒除）（习惯、爱好等）; （孩子）长大穿不下（原来的衣服）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （因自身长大或改变而）改掉（或戒除）（习惯、爱好等）
  If yougrow out ofa type of behaviour or an interest, you stop behaving in that way or having that interest, as you develop or change.
  1. Most children who stammer grow out of it.
     大多数口吃的儿童长大以后就好了。
• PHRASAL VERB （孩子）长大穿不下（原来的衣服）
  When a childgrows out ofan item of clothing, they become so tall or big that it no longer fits them properly.
  1. You've grown out of your shoes again.
     你又长大了，原来的鞋子再也穿不下了。

双语例句

• Believe it or not, passions grow out of your values.
  不管你信不信，激情来源于你的价值观。
• Weakness of the Chinese intellectuals could not grow out of the spirit of the backbone.
  懦弱的中国知识分子，根本无法生长出精神的脊梁。
• Freshman fears, like Qiu` s, grow out of their unfamiliarity with the exam process.
  像邱莉莉这样的新生的恐惧主要是因为他们对大学考试流程还尚不熟悉。
• I took him to counseling when he was a child, but the therapist simply said Quentin had an active imagination and would grow out of it.
  他还是个孩子的时候，我带他去做心理咨询，但治疗师只是简单地说昆汀想象力很活跃，等长大了就不会这样了。
• I think he thought that I was going through a stage that I would grow out of.
  我想，他以为我将会走出这个成长必经阶段。
• Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
  罪与罚本是同茎生。
• "It's a benign abnormality and children grow out of it," said Dr McKinlay.
  “这是一个良性的异常，孩子长大了出来，”麦金利博士说。
• Flowers grow out of dark moments.
  花儿是在黑暗中成长的。
• The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it!
  中年最令人可怕的事情是，知道自己将走出这个年龄！
• Their branches, which look more like roots, grow out of abnormally thick trunks.
  粗大的树干不规则地长出的树枝看起来更象树根。