perpetuated是什么意思？

perpetuated

• vt. 使永存（perpetuate的过去式与过去分词形式）；

例句

• Above all, the warfare of Hester's spirit at that epoch was perpetuated in Pearl. 而最主要的是, 当时海丝特的好斗精神也永远注入了珠儿的身心.
• He wanted to see such sadness perpetuated. 他愿意看到这忧伤永远存在下去.
• This image is a myth perpetuated by the media. 这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使（尤指不好的情况、制度、信仰等）继续，延长
  If someone or something perpetuates a situation, system, or belief, especially a bad one, they cause it to continue.
  例句
  We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past... 我们绝对不能让过去的宗教分裂继续下去。 This image is a myth perpetuated by the media. 这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。