proliferation

名词 n.
/pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/    /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/|/pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction. uncountable
  2. The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement. countable
    — One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
  3. The act of increasing, rising, or proliferating; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.; In particular, the spread (proliferating) of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them. uncountable
    — ... to combat proliferation by assisting them in gaining and assuring greater control over their dual-use equipment and technology. States that gain weapons of mass destruction are able to pose a significant military threat to the[…]
  4. The result of building up; buildup, accretion. countable

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Etymology tree
French proliférer
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ation
Middle French -ation
French -ation
French proliférationbor.
English proliferation
Borrowed from French prolifération.
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