ramify

• 指分叉、分支，或分成多个部分、支系。常用于描述树枝、道路、河流、组织或学科等的分支现象。

An obsolete verb meaning to branch out or divide into branches or subdivisions.

1. Branch out or divideC2formal

   To divide into branches or branch-like structures, or to spread out in a complex way.

   分支

   • The tree's roots ramify deep into the soil.
   • The river ramifies into several smaller streams near the delta.
   • The network of canals ramifies throughout the region.

   同义词arborizebifurcatebranchbranch outdivergedivideforkspreadsubdivide

   反义词coalescecombineconvergemergeunite

2. Develop complicating consequencesC2formal

   To have or develop complex, far-reaching, or complicating results or effects.

   产生复杂后果

   • The political scandal ramified into a full-blown crisis.
   • The decision to cut funding ramified across the entire department.
   • His actions ramified in ways he could not have predicted.

   同义词branch outdivergeexpandmultiplyproliferateradiatespread