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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Most plants propagate by seeds.
- 大多数植物都是通过种子繁殖的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs.
- 昆虫以产卵繁殖后代.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
