perpetuate
美音:
[pə´petʃə´weıt
]英音:
[pə´petʃə´weıt
]vt.使永存,使不朽
难易程度:
perpetuate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:perpetuated 过去分词:perpetuated 现在分词:perpetuating 第三人称单数:perpetuates 名词:perpetuance
近义词, 同义词
perpetuate
/pə'petʃʊeɪt; pɚ`pɛtʃu,et/
v [Tn] cause (sth) to continue 使(某事物)永久、永存或持续
*These measures will perpetuate the hostility between the two groups. 采取这些措施势必使那两集团永远对立.
* They decided to perpetuate the memory of their leader by erecting a statue. 他们为永远纪念那位领袖决定建一座雕像.
perpetuate
v [T]
to make a situation, attitude etc, especially a bad one, continue to exist for a long time
an education system that perpetuates the divisions in our society
>perpetuation [pə,petʃu'eɪʃən (US) pər-/