perpetuate

英 [pəˈpetʃueɪt]

美 [pərˈpetʃueɪt]

v.  使永久化; 使持久化; 使持续

过去分词：perpetuated　现在分词：perpetuating　第三人称单数：perpetuates　过去式：perpetuated　

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牛津词典

verb

• 使永久化；使持久化；使持续
  to make sth such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time
  1. to perpetuate injustice
     持续造成不公正
  2. This system perpetuated itself for several centuries.
     这一制度维持了几个世纪。
  3. Comics tend to perpetuate the myth that ‘boys don't cry’.
     连环画往往在延续着“男儿有泪不轻弹”的神话。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使（尤指不好的情况、制度、信仰等）继续，延长
  If someone or somethingperpetuatesa situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue.
  1. 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。
  2. This image is a myth perpetuated by the media.
     这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。

英英释义

verb

• cause to continue or prevail
  1. perpetuate a myth

双语例句

• To perpetuate them it is our sacred duty to preserve it.
  我们神圣的职责是维护他并使之永久。
• Then the educational system can actually perpetuate and even increase inequality in third world nations.
  那么，第三世界国家的教育体制在事实上就保持甚至加剧了不平等。
• We should exit from too big to fail, not perpetuate it.
  我们应该退出“大到不能倒”，而不是使之永久存在。
• Their determination to perpetuate the conspiracy.
  他们要旷日持久搞阴谋活动的决心。
• One particular problem is that rankings perpetuate a single definition of quality at a time when HE institutions, and their missions, are diversifying.
  一个特别的问题在于排名固定了对某一时刻的品质的单一定义，而高等教育机构和它们的使命是多样化的。
• Left unchecked, these inequalities in education will perpetuate violence, poverty and instability and will keep nations from achieving economic, political and social progress.
  如任其发展，教育领域中的这些不平等现象将使暴力、贫困和不稳定永久延续，并将阻止这些国家取得经济、政治和社会进步。
• I believe your intention is to perpetuate, and not to weaken, the ties between me and my other and far dearer self.
  我相信你的意图是维护我和我那宝贵得多的另一个自我的关系，而不是削弱这种关系。
• I hope that the legacy you leave is to inspire others to give love and aid rather than perpetuate hate and violence.
  我希望，你的人生能够鼓励激发人们要给予他人关爱与帮助，而不是施加仇恨与暴力。
• Families and groups with more money or power perpetuate their influence in society.
  那些拥有金钱和权力的家族或团体可以延续他们的社会影响力。
• School can either perpetuate inequity through social reproduction or have a transformative effect and help students transcend it.
  学校可以通过社会复制让这种不公平延续下去，或者选择努力变革从而帮助学生超越它。