To thrive is to grow strong and do well — not merely to survive, but to be in the good state that comes after. It is used three ways that all share that picture.

To thrive is to grow strong and do well thrive是指長得強壯、過得很好 not merely to survive不只是活下來而已 but to be in the good state that comes after而是活下來之後那種好的狀態 It is used three ways that all share that picture這個字有三種用法，都圍繞著這個畫面

Living things thrive: a plant thrives in the sun, children thrive when they are fed and loved, a coral reef thrives in clean water.

Living things thrive有生命的東西會thrive a plant thrives in the sun植物在陽光下thrive children thrive when they are fed and loved小孩在得到餵養和愛的時候會thrive a coral reef thrives in clean water珊瑚礁在乾淨的水裡會thrive

Businesses and places thrive: a shop thrives, a town thrives, an industry thrives.

Businesses and places thrive企業和地方也會thrive a shop thrives商店會thrive a town thrives城鎮會thrive an industry thrives產業也會thrive

And people thrive on things — 'she thrives on pressure', 'he thrives on being busy' — meaning the thing that would crush someone else is exactly what makes this person come alive. That last pattern, thrive on, is very common in everyday speech and is worth learning as a whole phrase.

And people thrive on things而且人會thrive on某件事 'she thrives on pressure', 'he thrives on being busy'像是「她在壓力下反而更起勁」、「他越忙越帶勁」 meaning the thing that would crush someone else is exactly what makes this person come alive意思是換成別人會被壓垮的事，卻正好讓這個人活力十足 That last pattern, thrive on, is very common in everyday speech這個thrive on的用法在日常對話裡非常常見 and is worth learning as a whole phrase值得把它當作一整個片語來學

The word always carries a sense of the right conditions. Something thrives because the water, the light, the market, the family around it is right. That is why you so often see it with 'in' or 'under': 'thrives in damp soil', 'thrived under the new manager'.

The word always carries a sense of the right conditions這個字總是帶著「條件對了」的意味 Something thrives because the water, the light, the market, the family around it is right某樣東西會thrive，是因為周圍的水、光線、市場、家庭環境都對了 That is why you so often see it with 'in' or 'under'這也是為什麼常常看到它跟in或under一起出現 'thrives in damp soil', 'thrived under the new manager'像是「在潮濕的土裡thrive」、「在新主管底下thrive」

Past tense is 'thrived'; you may meet the old form 'throve' in older books, but nobody uses it now. Doctors also use a fixed phrase, 'failure to thrive', about a baby who is not gaining weight as expected — a rare case where the word appears in the negative.

Past tense is 'thrived'過去式是thrived you may meet the old form 'throve' in older books你可能會在舊書裡遇到throve這個舊形式 but nobody uses it now但現在沒有人這樣用了 Doctors also use a fixed phrase, 'failure to thrive'醫生還會用一個固定說法failure to thrive about a baby who is not gaining weight as expected指嬰兒體重沒有照預期增加 a rare case where the word appears in the negative這是這個字少見地以否定形式出現的情況