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perpetuate
[英] [pəˈpetʃu:ˌeɪt] [美] [pɚˈpɛtʃuˌet] 生词本

vt.

adj.

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1. VERB 使（尤指不好的情况、制度、信仰等）继续，延长 If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. 

  • We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past...

    我们绝对不能让过去的宗教分裂继续下去。

  • This image is a myth perpetuated by the media.

    这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。

perpetuation

  • The perpetuation of nuclear deployments is morally unacceptable.

    继续部署核武器在道义上让人无法接受。

Verb

1. cause to continue or prevail;

  • "perpetuate a myth"
1. Every moment of the fashion industry's misery is richly deserved by the designers and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation.
时装工业每一个痛苦的时刻都是完全应该被时装设计师们…和那些使这种荒诞创造永久化的杂志懦夫领受。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Jokes perpetuate various national stereotypes.
笑话固化了对各民族的公式化看法。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.
学校往往会助长男孩比女孩体育强这一错误观念的延续。

来自《简明英汉词典》