中英互译

proliferate

英 /prəˈlɪfəreɪt/美 /prəˈlɪfəreɪt/

基本释义

第三人称单数proliferates

现在分词proliferating

过去式proliferated

过去分词proliferated

TOEFLGREGMATSAT

<正式>（在数或量上）激增，猛增vi.
- 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。
使（细胞、组织、结构等）增生，速生vt.
- It is reported that electromagnetic radiation can proliferate cancers which are present.
  据报道，电磁辐射会使已存在的癌组织增生。

For example, an excess of certain proteins can cause cells to proliferate abnormally and become cancerous; a lack of the protein insulin results in diabetes.
例如，某些蛋白质的过量会导致细胞异常增殖并癌变；胰岛素蛋白质的缺乏会导致糖尿病。
At the other extreme, we might successfully translocate the species, but within five or ten years that species could proliferate and become an invasive species.
在另一个极端，我们可能会地转移这个物种，但是在5至10年内，这个物种可能会激增并成为一个入侵物种。
In the corporate environment, it's easy for worksheet files to proliferate rapidly.
在公司环境中，工作表文件很容易迅速扩散。

vi.

增殖；扩散；激增

vt.

使激增

proliferation增殖，扩散；分芽繁殖

增殖

63.2%

扩散

19.1%

激增

17.6%