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单词 rampant
释义
rampant
adjective
uk
/ˈræm.pənt/us
/ˈræm.pənt/

rampantadjective(INCREASING)

(of somethingbad) gettingworsequicklyand in anuncontrolledway:
（不好的事情）猖獗的，泛滥的
rampantcorruption腐败猖獗
Rampantinflationmeansthatourwageincreasessoonbecomeworthnothing.通货膨胀大肆泛滥，这意味着我们增长的工资很快就一钱不值了。
He said that he hadencounteredrampantprejudicein hisattemptsto get ajob.他说他在找工作时，四处遭遇歧视。
Disease is rampant in theovercrowdedcity.疾病在过分拥挤的城市中肆虐。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Uncontrolled
  • all hell breaks looseidiom
  • amok
  • amuck
  • CI
  • confidential informant
  • extravagance
  • intemperate
  • intemperately
  • liberated
  • like madidiom
  • madding
  • runaway
  • spin out of controlidiom
  • spread like wildfireidiom
  • squirrelly
  • tearaway
  • unruly
  • waywardness
  • wig out
  • wigged out
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rampantadjective(STANDING)

[after noun]
(of ananimalrepresentedon acoatofarms)standingonitsbacklegswithitsfrontlegsraised:
（纹章上所绘的动物）用后腿站立的，跃立的
alionrampant跃立的雄狮纹章图案
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sitting and standing
  • akimbo
  • astride
  • attention
  • bestride
  • cross-legged
  • crouch
  • foot
  • on all foursidiom
  • pew
  • plump(someone/something)down
  • reseat
  • scooch
  • seat
  • stand around
  • stand aside
  • stand round
  • stand up
  • strike
  • surface
  • take a pew!idiom
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(Definition oframpantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rampant| American Dictionary

rampant
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈræm·pənt/
happeninga lot orbecomingworse, usually in a way that is out ofcontrol:
Weeds aregrowingrampant in thegarden.
(Definition oframpantfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

rampant| Business English

rampant
adjective
uk
/ˈræmpənt/us
used todescribesomethingbadthat getsworseveryquicklyand in anuncontrolledway:
Corruption andfraudare rampant in the war-strickenarea.
rampantinflation/commercialism/consumerism
(Definition oframpantfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoframpant

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With starvationrampant, disease soon festered, and cholera and typhoid epidemics added to the already high fatalities.
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Alienation is not confined to our young people, but isrampantamong them.
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Since indiscriminate removal of canopy habitats by logging isrampanti n t hese forests, these d iverse beetle assemblages may be particularly at risk.
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Such competition could rid the corporate economy oframpantfavouritism.
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Although late and partial, these reforms together with freer speech and printing, contributed to narrowing somewhat the opportunities and incentives forrampantcorruption.
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Micronutrient deficiency diseases have becomerampantin these populations.
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Conversely, when patrimonialism isrampant, democracy is more efficacious.
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In any event the phenomenon isrampantand appears to be irreversible.
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Democratisation was burdened byrampantpopular distrust and cynicism about the viability, integrity and capacities of the new government.
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The combination of poor record-keeping in government tax departments, weak laws andrampanttax evasion, has undermined government revenue collection.
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In spite of structural change and active community works' programmes over the past 20 years poverty remainsrampant.
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Therampantabsenteeism of veteran regidores was another sign of crisis.
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The principle of allowing the individual expression of sentiment had allowed therampantexpression of poor taste.
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Scabies wasrampantand affected whole families and large groups of children.
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The result isrampantcorruption, 'crony capitalism', and all manner of fraud and cheating.
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