proliferate是什么意思？

proliferate

英[prəˈlɪfəreɪt] 美[prəˈlɪfəˌret]

• vi. 增生，增殖，激增，扩散；
• vt. 使激增，使扩散；

第三人称单数：proliferates;

过去式：proliferated;

过去分词：proliferated;

现在分词：proliferating;

例句

• Fantasies proliferate where factsare few. 事实缺乏则幻想增多.
• There is a natural tendency for services to proliferate. 各种服务大量产生就成为一种自然的趋势.
• Rabbits proliferate when they have plenty of food. 兔子有充足的食物就会繁衍得很快.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  激增；剧增
  If things proliferate, they increase in number very quickly.
  例句
  Computerized data bases are proliferating fast... 计算机化的数据库正在激增。 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。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  激增; (迅速)繁殖; 增生
  Rabbits proliferate when they have plenty of food. 兔子有充足的食物就会繁衍得很快。
  扩散
  Influenza proliferated throughout the country. 流感在全国蔓延。

英英词典释义

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

行业词典

• 医学： 增生，增殖：通过相同细胞的繁殖而增长；