proliferate
/prəʊˈlɪfəreɪt/verb
no obj.
1- increase rapidly in numbers; multiply（数字）激增; （成倍）增加：
the science-fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s.
20世纪20年代激增的科幻杂志。
1.1
- (of a cell, structure, or organism) reproduce rapidly（细胞, 组织, 有机体）增殖, 繁殖; 增生：
the Mediterranean faces an ecological disaster if the seaweed continues to proliferate at its present rate.
如果海草继续以目前的速度蔓延, 地中海将面临一场生态灾难。
1.2
- with obj. cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc.) to reproduce rapidly使（细胞、组织、结构等）增生, 速生：
electromagnetic radiation can only proliferate cancers already present.
电磁辐射只会使已经存在的癌组织增生。
1.3
- with obj. produce (something) in large or increasing quantities大量（或增量）生产：
the promise of new technology proliferating options on every hand.
新技术使各方面的选择不断增加的前景。
派生词
proliferative
adjectiveproliferator
noun词源
late 19th cent.: back-formation from PROLIFERATION.