在他们之间的恋情处于萌芽状态时，海蒂的父母果断地终止了它的发展，然而，海蒂迷人的丰采竟使查理终生难忘。 But her parents quashed[5] the the romance before it really begun-- but the memory of pretty Hetty stayed with Charlie all his life.
种子在土壤中萌芽了。 The seeds quickened in the soil.
他是个经过改造的罪犯，然而仍有可能故态复萌。 He's a reformed criminal who may yet backslide.
应该有为习惯性绝对禁酒主义者而设的收容所，虽则他们在走出来之后不久，可能又会故态复萌。 There shall be asylum for habitual teetotaler, but they will probably relapse into teetotalism as soon as they come out.
他又故态复萌了。 He relapsed into his old habits.
他酒戒了两三个星期，可是现在故态复萌。 He kept off drink for a few weeks, but now he has relapsed.
正确处理新形势下的人民内部矛盾，把影响社会安定的因素化解在基层，消除在萌芽状态。 Contradictions among the people under the new circumstances have to be handled correctly so that factors liable to adversely affect social stability can be eliminated at the grass-roots level while still in the embryonic stage.
这种种情况，有的属于反革命分子的活动，有的属于林彪、“四人帮”残余势力的反扑，有的属于唯恐天下不乱者的破坏，有的属于剥削阶级残余分子的故态复萌，有的是由于封建主义、资本主义思想作风的严重腐蚀。 Some are the acts of counter-revolutionaries, others are counter-attacks by remnants of the Lin Biao clique and the Gang of Four, some are sabotage by people who want chaos in the country, others are carried out by surviving elements of the exploiting classes, and still others stem from serious corrosion by feudal or capitalist ideas and corresponding life-styles.
玫瑰萌发新枝。 The rose sprouted new buds.
一座主教堂的外貌不论如何雕琢、如何点缀，在外貌的下面总是罗曼式长方形中堂，起码处于萌芽和雏型状态这种形式的中堂始终遵循同一规则在地面上蔓延扩展。 Whatever may be the carved and embroidered envelope of a cathedral, one always finds beneath it--in the state of a germ, and of a rudiment at the least--the Roman basilica.It is eternally developed upon the soil according to the same law.
如果连生活中的琐事也要受到严刑峻法的管制，那我们也不能苛刻地指责萌生离去念头的国人，他们也只不过是想充分地享受到选择的权力。 If trivialities in our daily lives still have to come under scrutiny by the authorities, it will be hard for us to point an accusing finger at those who are thinking of leaving. They may just want to exercise fully their freedom of choice.
从萌芽到死亡经历两年的植物，两年开一次花，通常在第二年开花结果。 a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season.
被情感所“磁化”的思想，可以比喻成被植入肥沃土壤的种子，萌芽茁壮，并且一再增生。起初不起眼的一颗种子，最后滋长出无数颗同类的种子。 A thought thus "magnetized" with emotion may be compared to a seed which, when planted in fertile soil, germinates, grows, and multiplies itself over and over again, until that which was originally one small seed, becomes countless millions of seeds of the SAME BRAND!
于是他萌发了选出世界上最美的女子的大胆想法。 So he came up with4 the ambitious idea of finding the most beautiful woman in the world.
他表示忏悔，满口道歉，但接着又故态复萌了。 He put ashes on his head, apologized profusely, but then went glibly about his business.
妥善处理突发性、群体性事件，努力把矛盾和纠纷解决在基层，消除在萌芽状态。 Some unexpected incidents involving mass participation were handled appropriately. Efforts were made to resolve conflicts and disputes in the bud and at the lowest level.
原丝体由叶苔或苔藓的孢子萌芽发展而成的绿色丝状生长物，最终发展成配子体 The green, filamentous growth that arises from spore germination in liverworts and mosses and eventually gives rise to a mature gametophyte.
当时航空仍在萌芽阶段。 At that time aviation was still in its infancy.
身后可能留下一种自动信息通讯装置，以等待高级文明的可能的萌发。 It have left an automatic messenger behind to await the possible awakening of an advanced civilization.
他有好几年没有酗洒了，但我担心最近他又故态复萌了。 He kept away from strong drink for years, but recently I'm afraid he' begun to backslide.
我们兄弟俩萌起双周专栏《荔子情》的念头时，原来的目的是让英文源流的读者也能接触到深含中华文化、思想与价值观的中文作品。 When we two brothers first embarked on Lizi Qing as a bi-lingual column, our own objective was to enable the English-educated to access Chinese literary works that embody Chinese culture, thoughts and values.
中国资本主义萌芽 bud of capitalism in China
西欧的资本主义萌芽 bud of capitalism in Western Europe
一个新思想的萌芽 The bud of a new idea.
被警察阻止在萌芽状态中的阴谋 A conspiracy that was nipped in the bud by the police.
生殖细胞，胚种细胞有机体的最初形式；种子、萌芽或胚种 The earliest form of an organism; a seed, bud, or spore.
必须把一切恶感在发展成公开对抗之前，就消灭于萌芽状态之中。 Any ill-feeling has to be nipped in the bud before it develops into open revolt.
花朵萌芽并绽放的过程。 the process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
任何一种属于b的似酵母的萌芽的真菌；能引起人和其他动物身上的疾病。 any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals.
无性生殖的没有雌雄交媾而繁殖的，关于无期雌雄交配而繁殖的，涉及无雌雄交配而繁殖的，如在偶数分裂或萌芽中 Relating to, produced by, or involving reproduction that occurs without the union of male and female gametes, as in binary fission or budding.
矮林，萌生林一种灌木丛或小树木，尤指为使其长出大量分枝条而定期进行截短或修剪的矮林，如为取其树皮而种植的肉桂 A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark.
矮林，萌生林一种小树丛或灌木丛；矮林 A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice.