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一、外刊例句
- As such deals proliferated, economists studied their impact.随着这类协定的激增,经济学家开始研究其影响。——《经济学人》
- Mexican security forces and local landowners have tried to fight back, but warring cartels continue to splinter and proliferate.墨西哥安全部队及当地的土地所有者曾试图回击,但相互交战的暴力集团继续分裂,数量激增。——《纽约时报》
二、基本释义
[verb] to increase a lot and suddenly in number[动词] 数量激增,大量涌现
三、深入解读
proliferate出现于1873年,由proliferation逆构而来,最初仅作为生物学术语用于形容细胞生长或繁衍后代。直到1961年后,proliferate才更为广泛地用于形容从核武器扩散到沃尔玛超市扩张等各类事物,主要强调短时间内快速增长、扩散、增殖等。值得注意的是,《不扩散核武器条约》的英语就是“Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons”,缩写NPT,一般简称为《核不扩散条约》(Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)。
四、名人用例
If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon, they could proliferate.如果伊朗人拥有核武器,他们可能会扩散。
出自乔治·沃克·布什(George Walker Bush,1946年7月6日-),美国第43任总统。
五、同近义词
- surge: a sudden large increase, typically a temporary one
- soar: increase rapidly above the usual level
- multiply: increase or cause to increase greatly in number or quantity
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