proliferate
🇬🇧 UK/prə'lɪfəreɪt/🇺🇸 US/prәәu'lifәreit/
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To increase rapidly in number or spread widely.
激增;迅速扩散;大量繁殖
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.proliferate rapidly迅速激增
- 2.proliferate widely广泛扩散
- 3.continue to proliferate持续蔓延
- 4.begin to proliferate开始大量涌现
Example Sentences
- 1.
Social media platforms have proliferated rapidly over the past decade.
- 2.
Misinformation tends to proliferate during times of crisis and uncertainty.
- 3.
Cancer cells can proliferate uncontrollably if left untreated.