[VERB 动词]宣传;传播;使普及 If people propagate an idea or piece of information, they spread it and try to make people believe it or support it.
[V n]
[FORMAL 正式]
They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.
他们鼓吹能颠覆英国社会结构的政治学说。
propagation
...the propagation of true Buddhism.
传播真正的佛教
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[VERB 动词]繁殖,培植(植物) If you propagate plants, you grow more of them from the original ones.
[V n]
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[Also V n from n]
[TECHNICAL 术语]
The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings...
栽培葡萄最简便的方法就是硬条扦插。
The pasque flower can be propagated from seed.
欧白头翁可以通过种子进行繁殖。
propagation
...the successful propagation of a batch of plants.
一批植株的成功繁殖
Oxford
propa·gate/ˈprɒpəɡeɪt; NAmEˈprɑːpəɡeɪt/verb1[transitive ]propagatesth ( formal) to spread an idea, a belief or a piece of information among many people 传播;宣传◆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。2[transitive , intransitive ]propagate(sth) ( technical 术语) to produce new plants from a parent plant 繁殖;增殖◆The plant can be propagated from seed.这种植物可由种子繁殖。◆Plants won't propagate in these conditions.植物在这种条件下不能繁殖。▶propa·ga·tionpropagationpropagations/ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪʃn; NAmEˌprɑːpəˈɡeɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]propagatepropagatespropagatedpropagatingpropa·gate/ˈprɒpəɡeɪt; NAmEˈprɑːpəɡeɪt/propa·ga·tion/ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪʃn; NAmEˌprɑːpəˈɡeɪʃn/
1[transitive] formal to spread an idea, belief etc to many people: The group launched a website to propagate its ideas.2[intransitive, transitive] if you propagate plants, or if they propagate, they start to grow from a parent plant to produce new plants: Propagate your plants in fresh soil.3[transitive] if an animal, insect etc propagates itself or is propagated, it increases in numberSYN reproduce—propagation /ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪʃən $ ˌprɑː-/ noun [uncountable]
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propagate
[ˈprɒpəgeɪt]propagated, propagating, propagates
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传播(65%),繁殖(21%),增殖(7%),传送(7%)
vt.传播;传送;繁殖;宣传
vi.繁殖;增殖
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