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TOEFL BNC: 9734 COCA: 7642

perpetuate

verb
/pəˈpetʃueɪt/
/pərˈpetʃueɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they perpetuate
/pəˈpetʃueɪt/
/pərˈpetʃueɪt/
he / she / it perpetuates
/pəˈpetʃueɪts/
/pərˈpetʃueɪts/
past simple perpetuated
/pəˈpetʃueɪtɪd/
/pərˈpetʃueɪtɪd/
past participle perpetuated
/pəˈpetʃueɪtɪd/
/pərˈpetʃueɪtɪd/
-ing form perpetuating
/pəˈpetʃueɪtɪŋ/
/pərˈpetʃueɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to make something such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time使永久化；使持久化；使持续
    • perpetuate something to perpetuate injustice持续造成不公正
    • 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。
    • perpetuate itself This system perpetuated itself for several centuries.这一制度维持了几个世纪。
    Extra Examples
    • Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at science than girls.学校往往会长期存在男生理科比女生强这一错误观念。
    • This new law just serves to perpetuate inequality.这项新法律只会持续造成不平等。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • just
    • merely
    • only
    • …
    verb + perpetuate
    • help (to)
    • serve to
    • tend to
    • …
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin perpetuat- ‘made permanent’, from the verb perpetuare, from perpetuus ‘continuing throughout’, from perpes, perpet- ‘continuous’.
TOEFL BNC: 9734 COCA: 7642
perpetuate

verb

ADVERB | VERB + PERPETUATE ADVERB➤just, merely, only, simply只不過使⋯持續；只是使⋯永久◇Giving these events a lot of media coverage merely perpetuates the problem.媒體大量報道這些事件只會使問題持續下去。➤thereby從而持續VERB + PERPETUATE➤help (to)有助於使⋯持續▸➤serve to, tend to起使⋯永久存在的作用；往往會使⋯持續下去◇Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at science than girls.學校往往會長期存在男生理科比女生強這一錯誤觀念。➤seek to尋求延續
TOEFL BNC: 9734 COCA: 7642
perpetuate verb
⇨ maintain 1
TOEFL BNC: 9734 COCA: 7642

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