perpetuate
US: /pɝˈpɛtʃəˌweɪt/
UK: /pəpˈɛtʃuːˌeɪt/
UK: /pəpˈɛtʃuːˌeɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
perpetuate /pə'petjueit/
- ngoại động từ
- làm thành vĩnh viễn, làm cho bất diệt, làm sống mãi, làm tồn tại mãi mãi
- ghi nhớ mãi
- to perpetuate the memory of a hero: ghi nhớ mãi tên tuổi của một vị anh hùng
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
[VN] (formal) to make sth such as a bad situation, a belief, etc. continue for a long time: to perpetuate inequality / injustice / conflict + This system perpetuated itself for several centuries. + Comics and books for children tend to perpetuate the myth that 'boys don't cry'.
perpetuation noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
continue, maintain, extend, keep (on or up), keep going, preserve, memorialize, immortalize, eternalize:
Thoughtless jokes can perpetuate damaging stereotypes.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
merely, only, simply
Giving these events a lot of media coverage merely perpetuates the problem.
VERB + PERPETUATE
help (to) | serve to, tend to
Schools tend to perpetuate the myth that boys are better at sport than girls.
| seek to
Concise English dictionary
perpetuates|perpetuated|perpetuatingpər'petʃʊeɪt /pə-
verb
+cause to continue or prevail
