形 （繁多； 复杂） in great number，numerous，manifold，complicated；动 （繁殖牲畜） multiply，propagate；

[例句] 他们正努力精简本来繁冗复杂的官僚体制。 They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.

[例句] 天很黑, 星很繁,夜阑人静. The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above , night was reigning , and everything was sunk in silken silence.

[生] breed，reproduce，propagate，multiply，increase；

[例句] 英国拥有欧洲最大也是最具繁殖能力的狐狸种群。 Britain has the largest and most flourishing fox population in Europe.

[例句] 基因是在有性繁殖中交换的微小生物信息。 Genes are those tiny bits of biological information swapped in sexual reproduction.

flourishing，prosperous，booming，（使昌盛） make sth. prosper，boom；

[例句] 20世纪80年代的经济繁荣使人们喜欢上高油耗的汽车。 The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars.

[例句] 商业繁荣，外国人争相投资。 Business is booming and foreigners are scrambling to invest.

thriving，flourishing，prosperous，bloom ；

[例句] 文艺创作的繁盛时期已经来到. The period of literary and artistic efflorescence has come.

[例句] 这个城市越来越繁盛了. The city is becoming more and more prosperous.

busy，busyness，whirl ；

[例句] 撞船事故发生在全世界最繁忙的航道上。 The collision took place in the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

[例句] 该渔港通常都是一派热闹繁忙的景象，很有地方色彩。 The fishing boat harbour was usually bustling with lots of local colour.

heavy，strenuous，onerous，difficult ；

[例句] 我想我得到的这份工作是其中最繁重的工作之一。 I think I've got one of the most stressful jobs there is.

[例句] 我非常清楚员工们工作繁重。 I am painfully aware that staff have a heavy work schedule.

frequently，often ；

[例句] 婴儿要是渴了，就会吃得更频繁。 If a baby is thirsty, it feeds more often.

[例句] 干性头发洗得太频繁容易受损。 Dry hair can be damaged by washing it too frequently.

lush，luxuriant，exuberate，luxuriance，luxuriate ；

[例句] 这个温室位置绝佳，放眼望去，草木繁茂，郁郁葱葱。 This conservatory enjoys an enviable position overlooking a leafy expanse.

[例句] 这有助于新生发植株的成熟，令其开出繁茂的花朵。 This helps to ripen new growth and makes it flower profusely.

[书] （逐渐增加或增广） multiply，increase gradually in number or quantity ；

[例句] 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。 The band's album spawned a string of hit singles.

[例句] 兔子有充足的食物就会繁衍得很快. Rabbits proliferate when they have plenty of food.

luxuriant，exuberant，flourishing，thickset，opulent ；

[例句] 这有助于新生发植株的成熟，令其开出繁茂的花朵。 This helps to ripen new growth and makes it flower profusely.

[例句] 过于繁茂的落叶灌木可以在每年的这个时候修剪. Overgrown deciduous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year.

fecundity，reproductive capacity，breed fertility，propagating fecundity ；

[例句] 鼠类繁殖力很强. Mice are prolific breeders.

[例句] 他利用蚜虫繁殖力资料说明了抗生作用对虫口动态的理论效应. He used aphid fecundity data to elucidate the theoretical effects of antibiosis on insect population dynamics.

形 prosperous，luxuriant；

[例句] 明天,他要去繁华的商业区找事干. To - morrow he would go into the roaring down - town district and find work.

[例句] “嘉莉看着窗外繁华的马路. Carrie looked out through the window into the busy street.

onerous，taxing，weighty，burdensome，heavy ；

[例句] 我想我得到的这份工作是其中最繁重的工作之一。 I think I've got one of the most stressful jobs there is.

[例句] 斯托克斯先生可以预见下一周会被枯燥繁重的宣传工作搞得焦头烂额。 Mr Stocks can expect a gruelling week on the publicity treadmill.

hectic，busy；

[例句] 撞船事故发生在全世界最繁忙的航道上。 The collision took place in the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

[例句] 该渔港通常都是一派热闹繁忙的景象，很有地方色彩。 The fishing boat harbour was usually bustling with lots of local colour.

cockamamie，fussy ；

[例句] 我们不是很喜欢花卉图案和过于繁琐的设计。 We are not very keen on floral patterns and fussy designs.

[例句] 在这个公司里即使是领一支新铅笔,也必须通过繁琐的手续. In this company you have to go through complex bureaucratic procedures just to get a new pencil.

flourishing，palmy，[经] prosperous，thriftily ；

[例句] 战争榨干了原本繁荣的亚美尼亚经济。 The war has bled the once-strong Armenian economy dry.

[例句] 繁荣的贸易数据背后掩盖着贸易极不景气的真相。 The healthy trade figures mask a much gloomier picture.

breeding stage，reproductive period，breeding season，brood period ；

[例句] 在鸟的繁殖期快要结束的时候, 雌鸟离婚的比率就下降了. Towards the end of the plover breeding season, the rate of female divorce declines.

[例句] 阿拉斯加地海象——是正繁殖期的雌海象, 在夏秋季节通常活跃在北极的大片浮冰上. Alaska's walrus, especially breeding females, in and fall are usually found on the Arctic ice pack.

chickweed，starwort，stitch-wort ；

lushly，prosperously ；

[例句] 我们应该用一切办法保护祖国 ( 不受外来侵略 ),使之能健康繁荣地发展. We should try every means to shield our motherland ( from aggressions ) to develop healthily and prosperously.

rankly，thriftily ；

[例句] 在北方,他们自己的山林繁茂地生长起来了. In the north their own wooded hill rose up.