propagate

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英 ['pr?p?ge?t] 美['prɑp?'get]

近義詞multiply generate increase breed procreate produce

vt. 傳播；傳送；繁殖；宣傳
vi. 繁殖；增殖

低頻詞CET6TEM8IELTSGRETOEFL擴(kuò)展詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?propagates;過(guò)去式:?propagated;過(guò)去分詞:?propagated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?propagating;名詞:?propagation;

助記提示

1、pro- "forth" + pag- + -ate.
2、步步為營(yíng)、穩(wěn)扎穩(wěn)打、環(huán)環(huán)相扣地向前，使其生生不息、香火不滅、永保不虞、連續(xù)不斷。
3、該詞的原始含義是用壓條法生根繁殖植物，后來(lái)，含義在此基礎(chǔ)上進(jìn)行了引申擴(kuò)展。
4、壓條法就是將植物的枝條向前逐節(jié)地壓入土中，以繁殖更多的植物。

中文詞源

propagate 宣傳，傳播，繁殖，增殖

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)propagare,延伸，擴(kuò)展，繁殖，來(lái)自pro-,向前，-pag,固定，詞源同page,compact.比喻用法，原指使植物新芽繁殖，擴(kuò)大種植，引申詞義宣傳，傳播。

英文詞源

propagate (v.): 1560s, "to cause to multiply," from Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare "to set forward, extend, procreate" (see propagation). Intransitive sense "reproduce one's kind" is from c. 1600. Related: Propagated; propagating.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas.: 那個(gè)政黨創(chuàng)辦一份報(bào)紙來(lái)宣傳該黨的觀點(diǎn).

2. Most plants propagate by seeds.: 大多數(shù)植物都是通過(guò)種子繁殖的.

3. Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs.: 昆蟲(chóng)以產(chǎn)卵繁殖后代.

4. Rabbits propagate [ breed ] rapidly.: 兔子繁殖迅速.