perpetuate
perpetuate 英 [pəˈpetʃueɪt] 美 [pərˈpetʃueɪt]
vt. 使永久化；使持续
进行时:perpetuating 过去式:perpetuated 过去分词:perpetuated 第三人称单数:perpetuates
- Some things should last forever and others should not be perpetuated at all. Things that should NOT be perpetuated? Ugly rumors, arms races, and your Aunt Martha's annual fruit cake.
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- vt. 使永久化；使持续
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1. We must perpetuate the system.
我们必须将此制度永久保持。
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2. to perpetuate injustice
持续造成不公正
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3. This system perpetuated itself for several centuries.
这一制度维持了几个世纪。
- perpetuate (v.) 1520s, a back-formation from perpetuation or else from Latin perpetuatus, past participle of perpetuare "to make perpetual," from perpetuus (see perpetual). Related: Perpetuated; Perpetuating.
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