释义 |
perpetuateperpetuate /pɚˈpɛtʃuˌeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEperpetuate |
Present | I, you, we, they | perpetuate | | he, she, it | perpetuates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | perpetuated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have perpetuated | | he, she, it | has perpetuated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had perpetuated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will perpetuate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have perpetuated |
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Present | I | am perpetuating | | he, she, it | is perpetuating | | you, we, they | are perpetuating | Past | I, he, she, it | was perpetuating | | you, we, they | were perpetuating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been perpetuating | | he, she, it | has been perpetuating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been perpetuating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be perpetuating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been perpetuating |
to make a situation, attitude, etc., especially a bad one, continue to exist: We have an education system that perpetuates the problems in our society.—perpetuation /pɚˌpɛtʃuˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |