Spreading lies about someone or excluding a person from a group is known as social or relational bullying.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

It's not just municipal governments, but a lot of different aspects of our financial system are going to be touched by a crisis that's spreading from one segment to another.

不仅仅是地方政府,还有很多不同的金融系统领域,都要被影响,危机波及到一个领域又一个领域

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Experts say his work during the outbreak helped stop the Ebola virus from spreading out of control.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

He says the fields will be treated to kill the fungus and to stop it from spreading.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

Scientists partly blame whiteflies for spreading the disease from plant to plant.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

They wanted to stop slavery from spreading into the western territories.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

"How do you make sure you are designing a system where you are going to constrain risk taking, you can prevent crises from spreading,and -- if a major institution managed itself to the edge of the abyss -- that we are able to put them out of their misery."

VOA: special.2010.04.16

That was extremely important." Even high-level officials demonstrated ways to prevent the flu from spreading.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

The other is to prevent drug related violence from spreading into the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Environmental damage from the oil spill is spreading across the Louisiana coastline.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

The skies above large parts of Europe were empty for a second day Friday, as air safety authorities warned that the cloud of ash from Iceland's volcano is spreading.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

The explosions appear to have come from inside the buildings, with both the front and back windows of the Ritz Carlton blown off, spreading glass and debris across the street.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17