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[轉載]Lawrence Choi 實用英語話你知：激增 (Proliferate)

政府收取膠袋徵費後，環保團體發現一些樽裝水和其他飲品採用膠袋包裝。環保團體說，雖然很難說這做法是否在膠袋徵費實施之前已經激增，但恐怕更多供應商會選用不良的手法。Greeners Action project manager Kwok Ying-ying said that while it was difficult to tell if the practice had proliferated ahead of the introduction of the plastic bag levy, her organization feared that more suppliers might opt for undesirable practices。當北韓進行第二次核武器測試和發射彈道飛彈，美國駐聯合國大使警告北韓如果繼續違反國際法，北韓將會付出代價。該次核試一定會提高國際社會對核武器擴散的關注。The nuclear test is also bound to raise concerns about proliferation。Proliferate是「激增、擴散」的意思。它是動詞，其他例子：During the 1980s, computer companies proliferated是「20世紀80年代電腦公司的數目激增」。
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