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propagate是什么意思

2024-02-02 12:30:16
propagate
美[prɑːpəɡeɪt]  英[prɒpəɡeɪt]
v.  繁殖;增殖;传播;传送
  形容词:propagable  名词:propagator  过去式:propagated  过去分词:propagated  现在分词:propagating  第三人称单数:propagates
  近义词:breed,generate,reproduce,spread,circulate,broadcast,disseminate,grow,raise,proliferate,promulgate,transmit,publicize,produce,multiply,increase,procreate,sire,promote,distribute,diffuse,passaround,circularise,circularize,disperse,

双解释义

v.(动词)
  1. vt. & vi. 扩大; 繁殖 enlarge; increase the number by natural process from the parent stock
  2. vt. & vi. 散布,传播 spread more widely

英英释义

Verb
  1. transmit from one generation to the next;

    "propagate these characteristics"

  2. travel through the air;

    "sound and light propagate in this medium"

  3. transmit;

    "propagate sound or light through air"

  4. become distributed or widespread;

    "the infection spread" "Optimism spread among the population"

  5. transmit or cause to broaden or spread;

    "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"

  6. cause to become widely known;

    "spread information" "circulate a rumor" "broadcast the news"

  7. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
  8. multiply sexually or asexually

组词搭配

~+名词
  1. propagate sound传播声音
~+副词
  1. propagate cunningly精巧地传播
  2. propagate easily容易传播
  3. propagate peacefully安静地传播
  4. propagate rapidly迅速蔓延
~+介词
  1. propagate by taking cuttings用插条的方法繁殖
  2. propagate by vibrations靠震动传播

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. Most plants propagate by seed.大多数植物靠种子繁殖。
  2. Insects propagate themselves by means of eggs.昆虫以产卵繁殖后代。
  3. This kind of cell propagates faster in warm environment.在温暖的环境中,这种细胞增殖更快。
  4. We should propagate scientific ideas .我们应该传播科学思想。
  5. They started a newspaper to propagate their ideas.他们办了一份报纸来宣传他们的主张。
  6. Missionaries went far afield to propagate their faith.传教士到远方去传播其信仰。

词语用法

v.(动词)
    propagate的基本意思是“增加”“扩大”,可指动物、植物或人的“繁殖”,不侧重繁殖的方式,也不暗示内在的性活动。引申则可指“散布”“传播”,如信仰者或成员的增多,活动或运转的频繁或信息的传播等。 propagate可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。