那國家的人口正在增長,所以他們需要的食物量也愈來愈大。

They have a growing population; therefore they need more and more food.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 surname Na
=1 Nuó surname Nuo
=1 variant of
=1
  1. (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. nèi)
  2. (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations)
  3. then (in that case)
=1 nuó
  1. (archaic) many
  2. beautiful
  3. how
  4. old variant of nuó
2 國家 guójiā country; nation; state

classifier:

=3 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=3 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=3 really and truly
=3 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
4 人口 rénkǒu
  1. population
  2. people
5 正在 zhèngzài to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
6 增長 zēngzhǎng to grow; to increase
7 所以 suǒ
  1. therefore
  2. as a result
  3. so
  4. the reason why
8 他們 men they; them
9 需要 yào
  1. to need; to want; to demand; to require
  2. needs
=10 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
11 食物 shí food
=12 liáng to measure
=12 liàng
  1. capacity
  2. quantity
  3. amount
  4. to estimate
  5. abbr. for 量詞 liàng, classifier (in Chinese grammar)
  6. measure word
=13 surname Ye
=13
  1. also; too; as well; (not ...) either
  2. (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
  3. (literary) particle having functions similar to a
14 愈來愈 lái more and more
=15
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 jiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=15 dài see 大夫 dàifu