propagate
英['pr?p?ge?t]
美['prɑp?'get]
- vt. 傳播；傳送；繁殖；宣傳
- vi. 繁殖；增殖
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?propagates;過(guò)去式:?propagated;過(guò)去分詞:?propagated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?propagating;名詞:?propagation;
助記提示
1、pro- "forth" + pag- + -ate.
2、步步為營(yíng)、穩(wěn)扎穩(wěn)打、環(huán)環(huán)相扣地向前，使其生生不息、香火不滅、永保不虞、連續(xù)不斷。
3、該詞的原始含義是用壓條法生根繁殖植物，后來(lái)，含義在此基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行了引申擴(kuò)展。
4、壓條法就是將植物的枝條向前逐節(jié)地壓入土中，以繁殖更多的植物。
中文詞源
propagate 宣傳，傳播，繁殖，增殖
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)propagare,延伸，擴(kuò)展，繁殖，來(lái)自pro-,向前，-pag,固定，詞源同page,compact.比喻用法，原指使植物新芽繁殖，擴(kuò)大種植，引申詞義宣傳，傳播。
英文詞源
- propagate (v.)
- 1560s, "to cause to multiply," from Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare "to set forward, extend, procreate" (see propagation). Intransitive sense "reproduce one's kind" is from c. 1600. Related: Propagated; propagating.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas.
- 那個(gè)政黨創(chuàng)辦一份報(bào)紙來(lái)宣傳該黨的觀點(diǎn).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. Most plants propagate by seeds.
- 大多數(shù)植物都是通過(guò)種子繁殖的.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs.
- 昆蟲(chóng)以產(chǎn)卵繁殖后代.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. Rabbits propagate [ breed ] rapidly.
- 兔子 繁殖 迅速.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Chinese citizens enjoy the freedom to believe in religion and the freedom not to believe in it and to propagate atheism.
- 中國(guó)公民有信仰宗教的自由和不信仰宗教、宣傳無(wú)神論的自由.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》