"perpetuate" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使持續存在
• 使永存

Definition

讓某事持續存在，特別是讓負面、有害或不受歡迎的事物長期存在。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於正式或學術場合，常與“perpetuate stereotypes”（延續刻板印象）和“perpetuate injustice”（延續不公）同用。很少用於正面事物。

Examples

Old traditions can sometimes perpetuate unfair treatment.

舊傳統有時會**使**不公平待遇**持續存在**。

Media reports can perpetuate negative stereotypes about groups.

媒體報導可能會**使**對某些羣體的負面刻板印象**持續存在**。

Rumors can perpetuate misunderstandings for years.

謠言可能會**使**誤解**持續多年**。

By ignoring the problem, we only perpetuate it.

我們忽視問題，只會讓它**持續下去**。

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

他的玩笑只會**使**那些本該消失的舊有刻板印象**持續存在**。

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

這樣的政策只會讓現有問題**延續下去**，而不是去解決它們。