propagate
propagate 英 [ˈprɒpəgeɪt] 美 [ˈprɑpəgeɪt]
v. 传播；繁殖
进行时:propagating 过去式:propagated 过去分词:propagated 第三人称单数:propagates 名词复数:propagates
- To propagate is to be fruitful and multiply, by the usual routes of reproduction, or by spreading something around — like a rumor.
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- v. 传播；繁殖
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1. Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family.
电视广告传播着理想家庭的一种假象。
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2. The plant can be propagated from seed.
这种植物可由种子繁殖。
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3. Plants won't propagate in these conditions.
植物在这种条件下不能繁殖。
- propagate (v.) 1560s, "to cause to multiply," from Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare "set forward, extend, spread, increase; multiply plants by layers, breed," from propago (genitive propaginis) "that which propagates, offspring," from pro "forth" (see pro-) + second element from PIE root *pag- "to fasten," source of pangere "to fasten" (see pact). Intransitive sense "reproduce one's kind" is from c. 1600. Related: Propagated; propagating.
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