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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   perpetuate

   • IPA[pərˈpeCHəˌwāt]

   美式

   • v.
     make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely；preserve (something valued) from oblivion or extinction

   • verb: perpetuate, 3rd person present: perpetuates, gerund or present participle: perpetuating, past tense: perpetuated, past participle: perpetuated

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely the law perpetuated the interests of the ruling class
   • ▪ preserve (something valued) from oblivion or extinction how did these first humans survive to perpetuate the species?

   self-perpetuating

   • adj.
     perpetuating itself or oneself without external agency or intervention: the self-perpetuating power of the bureaucracy

   Oxford American Dictionary

   self-perpetuating

   • adj.
     perpetuating itself or oneself without external agency or intervention: the self-perpetuating power of the bureaucracy

   Oxford Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   perpetuate

   • IPA[pəˈpɛtʃʊeɪt]

   英式

   • v.
     make (something) continue indefinitely: the confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence a monument to perpetuate the memory of those killed in the war

   Oxford Dictionary