perpetuate

pә'petjueit

托福GRE Collins 1

v. cause to continue or prevail

vt. 使永存, 使不朽, 保持

Collins 星级

9,734

BNC 频率

7,642

使用频率

perpetuate 由前缀 per-（完全、始终）和词根 pet（追求、寻求）以及后缀 -ate（动词后缀）构成，整体意为“使某事持续不变”。

例句

1. The media can sometimes perpetuate stereotypes about certain groups.

媒体有时会延续对某些群体的刻板印象。

2. He wanted to perpetuate his family’s tradition by passing it on to his children.

他希望通过把这个传统传递给孩子们来延续家族的传统。

3. The new policy may inadvertently perpetuate existing inequalities in education.

这项新政策可能无意中延续了教育中现有的不平等。