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585. Perpetuate - IELTS Verbs - IELTS Vocabulary - Perpetuate / Perpetual / Perpetuation

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 12. 21.
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Perpetuate : 영속화하다, 영속시키다

Perpetual : (오랫동안)끊임없이 계속되는, 영구적인, 종신의, 빈번히 계속되는

Perpetuation : 영구화, 영구보전, 영속화

 

1)
to perpetuate a situation or a system
tp perpetuate, to cause something to continue
to make it go on
to help it continue

it goes on and on
to make something last longer

in theory, to perpetuate should mean to cause to last indefinitely because perpetual says always perpetual motion, something that is always moving

perpetuate we just use it to mean to help to last longer

to preserve
to maintain
to sustain
to stop disappearing

it's kept going
it's kept alive
it's immortalized
to prolong the existence of
to make perpetual
to stop from becoming extinct
to stop something from going into oblivion

to keep it going 
to keep it running

 

 

2)
If somebody does something bad to you and you react violently  then this will perpetuate the cycle of violence 
we have children to perpetuate the species
I believe that poverty perpetuates ignorance because people don't have the time to study because they are too busy just trying to get enough to eat 
this monument is a memorial to this person to perpetuate their memory
to make it last longer
to make it last eternally
the spreading of false news helps to perpetuate misconceptions to keep them alive
this is a myth that is perpetuated by the media
we want to find a way to stop this problem perpetuating itself
it's not a good idea to perpetuate people's misconsceptions
this idea of something that goes on and on and on
the oil companies have an interest in the perpetuation of the use of fossil fuels but it can't be
conspiracy theories are perpetuated by people spreading them on social media
if somebody retweets your posts or shared your post, that's one way to perpetuate it 
the rich have an interest in perpetuating poverty because if nobody is rich and nobody is poor then there is no sical hierachy

 

 


Formality : 6 - 6.5

 

 

 

 

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