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.
雙語例句
1. Jokes perpetuate various national stereotypes.
笑話固化了對各民族的公式化看法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.
學校往往會助長男孩比女孩體育強這一錯誤觀念的延續.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Every moment of the fashion industry's misery is richly deserved by the designers and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation.
時裝工業每一個痛苦的時刻都是完全應該被時裝設計師們…和那些使這種荒誕創造永久化的雜志懦夫領受.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past.
我們絕對不能讓過去的宗教分裂繼續下去。
來自辭典例句
5. This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of Abraham Lincoln.