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proliferate

/pruh-lif-uh-reyt/US // prəˈlɪf əˌreɪt //UK // (prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt) //

扩散,增殖,扩增,繁殖

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Definitions

  1. 1

    pro·lif·er·at·ed, pro·lif·er·at·ing.

    • : to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
    • : to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively.

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Examples

  • The challenge is evaluating the implications of the ones that do proliferate.

  • As variants have proliferated in Europe, some countries that had kept their schools open through the worst of the pandemic are now closing them.

  • Caused by the salmonella bacteria, the disease has proliferated across the Northwest from British Columbia down to Northern California.

  • That the Chagos Archipelago is so remote and well-protected—commercial fishing is banned there—may also help these underwater cultures evolve and proliferate, Bayley said.

  • AP tests, which are longer and include free-response questions, have proliferated in recent years.

  • Then build a business model and systems that allow that technology to proliferate.

  • But when whole careers are now staked on micro-sized melodies and formulaic rhythms, the lawsuits are bound to proliferate.

  • People with great photography skills can all of a sudden proliferate their images.

  • Meanwhile, though, explanations for his absence—ranging from plausible to wild and wacky—continue to proliferate.

  • Yet in a world where content has and continues to proliferate, what edge does Yahoo have?

  • The cells of this hypertrophied portion show a great tendency to proliferate and produce new nerve structure.

  • What is the nature of the "life" in the parasitic sarcomatous tissue which has been seen to proliferate for a short time in vitro?

  • Free zones, off shore havens, off shore banking and transhipment ports proliferate, from Macedonia to Archangelsk.

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