growing adj increasing 增長中的; 發展中的 his growing indifference to her 他對她的逐漸冷淡 a growing problem 越來越大的問題 a popular club with a growing membership 會員不斷增多、 廣受歡迎的俱樂部. `growing pains (a) pains in the limbs of young children, popularly believed to be caused by rapid growth 發育期痛（兒童或少年的四肢疼痛, 一般認為系因發育迅速所致）. (b) (fig 比喻) problems arising while a new enterprise is developing 新事業發展過程中所產生的問題 The business is still suffering from growing pains. 該企業在發展中仍面臨許多難題.