perpetuate
英[p?'pet??e?t;-tj?-]
美[p?'p?t?uet]
- vt. 使不朽；保持
- adj. 長存的
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?perpetuates;過去式:?perpetuated;過去分詞:?perpetuated;現在分詞:?perpetuating;名詞:?perpetuation;
中文詞源
perpetuate 持續，堅持
per-,完全的，-pet,尋求，追尋，詞源同compete,petition.引申詞義持續，堅持。
英文詞源
- perpetuate (v.)
- 1520s, a back-formation from perpetuation or else from Latin perpetuatus, past participle of perpetuare "to make perpetual," from perpetuus (see perpetual). Related: Perpetuated; Perpetuating.
雙語例句
- 1. Jokes perpetuate various national stereotypes.
- 笑話固化了對各民族的公式化看法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.
- 學校往往會助長男孩比女孩體育強這一錯誤觀念的延續.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Every moment of the fashion industry's misery is richly deserved by the designers and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation.
- 時裝工業每一個痛苦的時刻都是完全應該被時裝設計師們…和那些使這種荒誕創造永久化的雜志懦夫領受.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past.
- 我們絕對不能讓過去的宗教分裂繼續下去。
來自辭典例句
- 5. This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
- 這座紀念碑是為了永懷亞伯拉罕.林肯而建立的.
來自辭典例句