[VERB 动词]使(尤指不好的情况、制度、信仰等)继续,延长 If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue.
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We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past...
我们绝对不能让过去的宗教分裂继续下去。
This image is a myth perpetuated by the media.
这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。
perpetuation
The perpetuation of nuclear deployments is morally unacceptable.
继续部署核武器在道义上让人无法接受。
Oxford
per·petu·ate/pəˈpetʃueɪt; NAmEpərˈpetʃueɪt/verbperpetuatesth ( formal) to make sth such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time 使永久化;使持久化;使持续◆to perpetuate injustice持续造成不公正◆This system perpetuated itself for several centuries.这一制度维持了几个世纪。◆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”的迷思。▶per·petu·ation/pəˌpetʃuˈeɪʃn; NAmEpərˌpetʃuˈeɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]perpetuateperpetuatesperpetuatedperpetuatingper·petu·ate/pəˈpetʃueɪt; NAmEpərˈpetʃueɪt/per·petu·ation/pəˌpetʃuˈeɪʃn; NAmEpərˌpetʃuˈeɪʃn/
to make a situation, attitude etc, especially a bad one, continue to exist for a long time: an education system that perpetuates the divisions in our society—perpetuation /pəˌpetʃuˈeɪʃən $ pər-/ noun [uncountable]