propagate

英 ['prɒpəgeɪt] 美 ['prɑpə'get]
  • vt. 传播;传送;繁殖;宣传
  • vi. 繁殖;增殖

助记提示


1、pro- "forth" + pag- + -ate.
2、步步为营、稳扎稳打、环环相扣地向前,使其生生不息、香火不灭、永保不虞、连续不断。
3、该词的原始含义是用压条法生根繁殖植物,后来,含义在此基础上进行了引申扩展。
4、压条法就是将植物的枝条向前逐节地压入土中,以繁殖更多的植物。

中文词源


propagate 宣传,传播,繁殖,增殖

来自拉丁语propagare,延伸,扩展,繁殖,来自pro-,向前,-pag,固定,词源同page,compact.比喻用法,原指使植物新芽繁殖,扩大种植,引申词义宣传,传播。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas.
那个政党创办一份报纸来宣传该党的观点.

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2. Most plants propagate by seeds.
大多数植物都是通过种子繁殖的.

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3. Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs.
昆虫以产卵繁殖后代.

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4. Rabbits propagate [ breed ] rapidly.
兔子 繁殖 迅速.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Chinese citizens enjoy the freedom to believe in religion and the freedom not to believe in it and to propagate atheism.
中国公民有信仰宗教的自由和不信仰宗教、宣传无神论的自由.

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