英 [pəˈpetʃueɪt] 美 [pərˈpetʃueɪt]
v. 使持续，使长久（尤指不好的事物）
第三人称单数perpetuates
现在分词perpetuating
过去式perpetuated
过去分词perpetuated
perpetuate /pəˈpɛtjʊˌeɪt/ TEM8 [ perpetuating perpetuated perpetuates ]
及物动词 If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue. 使继续 (尤指不好的情形、体系或信仰)
We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past.
我们绝不能使过去的宗教分裂继续下去。
cause to continue or prevail
perpetuate a myth
... knack技巧，诀窍 perpetuate使永久，永存或持续 indiscriminate不加鉴别的，不加分析的，任意的 ...
... pernicious a.有害的,恶性的,致命的,险恶的 perpetuate vt.使永存,使不朽 perplex vt.使困惑,使复杂化,使为难 ...
... permanent a 永久的，不变的 perpetuate v 使用就存在（继续）；使不朽，使不灭 perplexing a 使人困惑的；使人为难的，麻烦的，复杂的 ...
... permanent a 永久的，不变的 perpetuate v 使用就存在(继续);使不朽，使不灭 perplexing a 使人困惑的;使人为难的，麻烦的，复杂的 ...
perpetuation 不朽，永存
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。
We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past.
我们绝不能使过去的宗教分裂继续下去。
They perpetuate the myth of the lone genius.
他们使孤独天才的神话永垂不朽。
"The most important motivating thing for us was to perpetuate the memory of these great men who are sadly dying away before our very eyes,"
VOA : standard.2009.06.02
But I think as time went on after the Rose Revolution, I think he wanted to perpetuate this kind of system in which there was really absence of checks and balances, no real opposition included in the political process very much sort of governing by committee of the inner circle, of loyal allies around the president.
VOA : standard.2009.09.01
In a situation where, let's say, female genital cutting is going on and some people perpetuate on theological grounds.
比如说，女性割礼,这种仪式仍在进行,有些人一味地强调神学的地位。
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Governments exist not simply to perpetuate themselves, their own rule, but to fulfill the aspirations of their people.
His Democratic opponent will simply perpetuate the antigrowth policies of Taft--presumably without the corruption.
College admissions ( as Ross Douthat suggests) is a shell game concocted to perpetuate elite privilege.
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