prosper

Compared meaning: to grow or develop very well and successfully (verb).

比较义项：（因处于良好条件而）茂盛生长、发展兴旺（动词）。

• thrive

  Thrive highlights vigorous growth or good health in favorable conditions, and is common for babies, plants, or organisms doing well physically, not primarily about money or creative blossoming.

  thrive强调在有利条件下生机勃勃地生长或身体状态良好，常用于婴儿、植物等生物发育良好的情况，不像prosper那样侧重金钱，也不像flourish那样侧重创造性或文化上的蓬勃发展。

  The baby has been thriving since the doctors adjusted her feeding schedule.

  自从医生调整了她的喂养安排后，这个婴儿的发育状况一直很好。

• prosper 本词

  Prosper focuses on economic or material success and growing wealth, and is typically used of people, businesses, or nations becoming rich or well-off, rather than simply healthy or vigorous.

  prosper侧重经济上或物质上的成功以及财富的增长，通常用于人、企业或国家变得富裕，而不只是健康或有活力。

  The kingdom prospered for decades, its treasury growing richer every year.

  这个王国繁荣了几十年，国库年年都更加充实。

• flourish

  Flourish evokes a flower blooming, so it suggests vigorous, visible development, often used for arts, culture, ideas, or a business reaching a period of great success and activity.

  flourish让人联想到花朵盛开的样子，因此它暗示一种旺盛、显而易见的发展，常用于艺术、文化、思想或企业迎来蓬勃发展、活力四射的时期。

  The local art scene has flourished since the new gallery opened, drawing dozens of young painters.

  自从新画廊开张后，当地的艺术圈蓬勃发展，吸引了许多年轻画家。

Thrive, prosper, and flourish all mean to develop very successfully. Thrive stresses being full of life and healthy in good conditions. Prosper focuses on economic success and growing wealth. Flourish stresses vigorous growth, like a blooming flower, often for culture or art.

这三个词都表示“发展得很好、变得成功兴旺”，学习者容易混淆，但侧重点不同：thrive强调在有利条件下生机勃勃、状态良好，prosper更侧重经济上的富裕和物质成功，flourish则强调像花朵盛开般蓬勃发展，常用于文化、艺术等领域。