perpetuate

英 [pə'petʃʊeɪt; -tjʊ-] 美 [pɚ'pɛtʃuet]
  • vt. 使不朽;保持
  • adj. 长存的
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perpetuate 持续,坚持

per-,完全的,-pet,寻求,追寻,词源同compete,petition.引申词义持续,坚持。

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.
1. 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》

2. 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》

3. 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》

4. 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。

来自辞典例句

5. This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of Abraham Lincoln.
这座纪念碑是为了永怀亚伯拉罕.林肯而建立的.

来自辞典例句

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