"spreading" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 传播
• 扩散
• 蔓延

Definition

指某事物向外扩展、覆盖更大范围或影响更多人的行为或过程。常用于疾病、消息、火势、影响力或表面上的物质。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

它通常是 'spread' 的动名词或名词性形式。常见搭配有 'the spreading of a disease'、'spreading quickly'、'rumor-spreading'。它常强调一个随时间发展的过程，不要和表示结果的 'spread' 或简单句中的动词用法混淆。

Examples

The spreading of the fire was very fast.

火势的**蔓延**非常快。

Doctors are worried about the spreading of the disease.

医生们担心这种疾病的**传播**。

The news is spreading around the school.

这条消息正在学校里**传播**。

Social media can help with spreading important information quickly.

社交媒体可以帮助快速**传播**重要信息。

They're spreading rumors again, so don't believe everything you hear.

他们又在**散布**谣言了，所以别什么都信。

We're trying to stop the panic from spreading any further.

我们正试图阻止恐慌继续**蔓延**。