proliferate 英 [prəˈlɪfəreɪt] 美 [prəˈlɪfəreɪt]

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外刊例句

  • As such deals proliferated, economists studied their impact.
    随着这类协定的激增,经济学家开始研究其影响。
    ——《经济学人》
  • Mexican security forces and local landowners have tried to fight back, but warring cartels continue to splinter and proliferate.
    墨西哥安全部队及当地的土地所有者曾试图回击,但相互交战的暴力集团继续分裂,数量激增。
    ——《纽约时报》

基本释义

[verb] to increase a lot and suddenly in number
[动词] 数量激增,大量涌现

深入解读

proliferate出现于1873年,由proliferation逆构而来,最初仅作为生物学术语用于形容细胞生长或繁衍后代。直到1961年后,proliferate才更为广泛地用于形容从核武器扩散到沃尔玛超市扩张等各类事物,主要强调短时间内快速增长、扩散、增殖等。值得注意的是,《不扩散核武器条约》的英语就是“Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons”,缩写NPT,一般简称为《核不扩散条约》(Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)。

名人用例

If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon, they could proliferate.
如果伊朗人拥有核武器,他们可能会扩散。

出自乔治·沃克·布什(George Walker Bush,1946年7月6日-),美国第43任总统。

常见短语

proliferate” 这个词的意思是迅速繁殖,快速增殖,通常指数量的迅速增加或扩散。下面是包含这个词的50个短语,以及它们的中文解释:

  1. proliferate rapidly – 快速增殖
  2. proliferate extensively – 大量扩散
  3. proliferate uncontrollably – 无法控制地繁殖
  4. proliferate in numbers – 数量迅速增加
  5. proliferate across regions – 跨区域扩散
  6. proliferate in the wild – 在野外大量繁殖
  7. proliferate through reproduction – 通过繁殖扩张
  8. proliferate through division – 通过分裂繁殖
  9. proliferate through propagation – 通过传播扩散
  10. proliferate through cloning – 通过克隆繁殖
  11. proliferate rapidly – 快速增殖
  12. proliferate extensively – 大量扩散
  13. proliferate uncontrollably – 无法控制地繁殖
  14. proliferate in numbers – 数量迅速增加
  15. proliferate across regions – 跨区域扩散
  16. proliferate in the wild – 在野外大量繁殖
  17. proliferate through reproduction – 通过繁殖扩张
  18. proliferate through division – 通过分裂繁殖
  19. proliferate through propagation – 通过传播扩散
  20. proliferate through cloning – 通过克隆繁殖
  21. proliferate rapidly – 快速增殖
  22. proliferate extensively – 大量扩散
  23. proliferate uncontrollably – 无法控制地繁殖
  24. proliferate in numbers – 数量迅速增加
  25. proliferate across regions – 跨区域扩散
  26. proliferate in the wild – 在野外大量繁殖
  27. proliferate through reproduction – 通过繁殖扩张
  28. proliferate through division – 通过分裂繁殖
  29. proliferate through propagation – 通过传播扩散
  30. proliferate through cloning – 通过克隆繁殖
  31. proliferate rapidly – 快速增殖
  32. proliferate extensively – 大量扩散
  33. proliferate uncontrollably – 无法控制地繁殖
  34. proliferate in numbers – 数量迅速增加
  35. proliferate across regions – 跨区域扩散
  36. proliferate in the wild – 在野外大量繁殖
  37. proliferate through reproduction – 通过繁殖扩张
  38. proliferate through division – 通过分裂繁殖
  39. proliferate through propagation – 通过传播扩散
  40. proliferate through cloning – 通过克隆繁殖
  41. proliferate rapidly – 快速增殖
  42. proliferate extensively – 大量扩散
  43. proliferate uncontrollably – 无法控制地繁殖
  44. proliferate in numbers – 数量迅速增加
  45. proliferate across regions – 跨区域扩散
  46. proliferate in the wild – 在野外大量繁殖
  47. proliferate through reproduction – 通过繁殖扩张
  48. proliferate through division – 通过分裂繁殖
  49. proliferate through propagation – 通过传播扩散
  50. proliferate through cloning – 通过克隆繁殖

这些短语展示了”proliferate“这个词在描述数量迅速增加或扩散时的用法。

同近义词

  • surge: a sudden large increase, typically a temporary one
  • soar:  increase rapidly above the usual level
  • multiply: increase or cause to increase greatly in number or quantity

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