"perpetuate" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 使持续存在
• 使永存

Definition

让某事持续存在，尤指让负面、有害或不受欢迎的事物长期存在。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于正式或学术场合，常搭配“perpetuate stereotypes”（延续刻板印象）、“perpetuate injustice”（延续不公）。很少用于积极的内容。

Examples

Old traditions can sometimes perpetuate unfair treatment.

旧传统有时会**使**不公平待遇**持续存在**。

Media reports can perpetuate negative stereotypes about groups.

媒体报道可能会**使**对某些群体的负面刻板印象**持续存在**。

Rumors can perpetuate misunderstandings for years.

谣言可能会**使**误解**持续多年**。

By ignoring the problem, we only perpetuate it.

我们忽视问题，只会让它**持续下去**。

His jokes just perpetuate old stereotypes that should have died out.

他的玩笑只会**使**那些本应消失的老旧刻板印象**持续存在**。

Policies like that only serve to perpetuate existing problems instead of solving them.

这样的政策只会让现有问题**延续下去**，而不是去解决它们。