proliferate

英 [prəˈlɪfəreɪt]

美 [prəˈlɪfəreɪt]

v.  迅速繁殖(或增殖); 猛增

过去式：proliferated　过去分词：proliferated　现在分词：proliferating　第三人称单数：proliferates　复数：proliferates　

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Collins.2 / BNC.14314 / COCA.12185

牛津词典

verb

• 迅速繁殖（或增殖）；猛增
  to increase rapidly in number or amount
  1. Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year.
     过去一年以来，论及这一问题的书和文章大量涌现。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 激增；剧增
  If thingsproliferate, they increase in number very quickly.
  1. Computerized data bases are proliferating fast...
     计算机化的数据库正在激增。
  2. In recent years commercial, cultural, travel and other contacts have proliferated between Europe and China.
     近年来，欧洲和中国之间的商业、文化、旅游及其他交往发展迅猛。

英英释义

verb

• cause to grow or increase rapidly
  1. We must not proliferate nuclear arms
• grow rapidly
  1. Pizza parlors proliferate in this area

双语例句

• We continue to pursue our policy of disrupting those who proliferate weapons of mass destruction.
  我们继续执行组织部分人散播大规模杀伤性武器的政策。
• But the predators vanish when developers chop woodlands into subdivisions, and the mice and their ticks proliferate unnaturally.
  但是，当郊区开发者将大片林地砍伐成小片林地时，老鼠的天敌随之消失，结果老鼠和其身上的虱子就泛滥成灾。
• Even for the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, which grow extremely slowly, resistant bacteria can emerge and proliferate within several weeks.
  即使是导致肺结核的细菌，其生长速度非常缓慢，但抗药菌仍可在数周内出现并扩散。
• That means that indices become more important, and they proliferate.
  这意味着指数变得更重要，其数量也在激增。
• Health food shops proliferate in this region.
  保健食品店在这个地区增加了。
• The cultured cells showed a declined tendency to proliferate by MTT test.
  MTT所反映的细胞生长状态呈下降趋势。
• Using various cell and molecular techniques, the researchers discovered that insulin stimulates human keratinocytes in culture to proliferate and migrate.
  通过各种细胞分子技术，研究者发现胰岛素对培养的人角质化细胞有促进增殖和扩散的作用。
• In a dangerous and complex world, threats against America and its military forces continue to proliferate and evolve.
  在当今复杂和危险的世界美国和美国的军事机构正在受到不断的威胁。
• It's a familiar situation that's only getting worse as electronics proliferate in our lives.
  这是一个熟悉情况的情况却越来越差的电子在我们的生活繁衍。
• Without a Cloud governance system in place, unwanted running AMI machine instances can proliferate and cause unnecessary cost.
  如果没有云治理系统，可能会运行更多不需要运行的AMI机器实例，从而带来不必要的成本。