1. 這是個(gè)什么詞？
詞：home-grown
英英釋義：belonging to one's own particular locality or country
例句：In recent years, home-grown technologies such as missiles, spacecrafts, and trains have slowly caught up with the best in the world.
2. 為什么選這個(gè)詞？
“home-grown”是形容詞，也可以寫(xiě)作 homegrown。意思是“本土的、國(guó)產(chǎn)的、土生土長(zhǎng)的”。如果用它的本意，后面一般接蔬菜、水果等，不過(guò)很多時(shí)候用的是它的引申義，后面往往接 talent, product, star, brand 等詞。在有的語(yǔ)境中，也可以用 home-grown 來(lái)替換 local。下面通過(guò)幾個(gè)例子來(lái)掌握這個(gè)詞。
我們?cè)谛侣勚薪?jīng)常聽(tīng)到“自主研發(fā)的導(dǎo)彈、航天器、列車(chē)”等，其實(shí)都可以用 home-grown 表示“自主研發(fā)的”。比如：
In recent years, home-grown technologies such as missiles, spacecrafts, and trains have slowly caught up with the best in the world.
Justin 老師幾年前在一篇關(guān)于創(chuàng)新的文章中寫(xiě)道：
Innovation leaders also tend to be open to and tolerant of new and challenging ideas. They embrace the best brain, home-grown and airborne alike. Korea and Japan, for example, educate and keep their native-born talent. America and much of the rich world are remarkably resourceful: they produce their own as well as attract clever immigrants.
這里面 home-grown 修飾的就是 brain，即本地人才，和第三句中的 native-born 一個(gè)意思；第二句中的 airborne 對(duì)應(yīng)第四句中的 immigrants。由此可見(jiàn) home-grown 可以豐富我們表達(dá)的多樣性。
Justin 老師在寫(xiě)瑞幸咖啡的文章中，介紹這個(gè)本土新品時(shí)也用到了 home-grown:
Unlike Starbucks, the Seattle-born global juggernaut, Luckin is a home-grown novice, despite its English name and sleek design.
這句中，home-grown 修飾的是 noivce（新手），說(shuō)明瑞幸咖啡是國(guó)產(chǎn)新品牌，home-grown novice 對(duì)應(yīng)前面的 global juggernaut（國(guó)際巨頭）。
下面來(lái)看《經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)人》中的幾個(gè)例子：
1）Texas has thrived by importing skilled Americans, but it needs to cultivate its home-grown workforce, too.（home-grown 對(duì)應(yīng) importing）
2）Instead, China unveiled another supercomputer, Sunway TaihuLight, that led that ranking in 2016 and 2017—this time powered entirely by home-grown microprocessors.
3）They will push home-grown operating systems and technical standards, and direct vast resources and the country’s sharpest minds to developing advanced technologies.（這里的主語(yǔ) they 指的是 Chinese leaders）
3. 怎樣學(xué)會(huì)使用這個(gè)詞？
1）翻譯下面的句子：
很多人以為名創(chuàng)優(yōu)品（Miniso）是日本品牌，但其實(shí)是國(guó)產(chǎn)品牌。
（參考翻譯：Many have mistakenly taken Miniso to be a Japanese brand, whereas it's home-grown.)
2）結(jié)合自己的生活、學(xué)習(xí)、工作、興趣等，想象在什么語(yǔ)境下會(huì)用到這個(gè)表達(dá)。先簡(jiǎn)要描述這個(gè)場(chǎng)景，再造句。
The home-grown genetic technology amazed the world.
