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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sertoli cells appear to proliferate in the six months before and after a male child's birth.
  支持细胞似乎是在男孩出生的前后六个月内增殖。
• Application of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to proliferate adipose stromal cells in vitro
  M21170应用粒细胞集落刺激因子体外扩增脂肪基质干细胞
• 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。
• After disintegrating in the Soviet union, if the nuclear weapons proliferate, it will threaten the world peace.
  苏联解体之后，如果核武器扩散开来，会对世界和平造成威胁。
• Cancers originally develop from normal cells that gain the ability to proliferate aberrantly and eventually turn malignant.
  癌症源自那些获得增殖异常能力的正常的细胞，并最终发生恶性转化。
• Acquired immunity relies on the long-term survival of sensitized T and B memory cells, which can proliferate quickly upon reinfection by the same pathogen.
  后天免疫仰赖致敏记忆B细胞和T细胞的长期存活，它们能在同一病原体再度感染时快速繁殖。