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propagate:传播;宣传 插画
科学 · C1

propagate

英 /ˈprɒpəɡeɪt/  美 /ˈprɑːpəɡeɪt/
  • v. 传播;宣传To spread ideas, beliefs, or information among people.
  • v. 繁殖;使增殖To produce new plants or organisms from existing ones.

Unverified stories propagate quickly when people share them online.

人们在网上转发时,未经核实的说法会迅速传播。

Community nurseries can propagate native plants from cuttings, supporting habitat restoration without removing specimens from the wild.

社区苗圃可以通过扦插繁殖本土植物,支持栖息地修复,而不必从野外移取植株。

搭配

propagate ideas 传播观念propagate misinformation 传播错误信息propagate plants 繁殖植物propagate from cuttings 通过扦插繁殖

辨析提示

既可指传播观念,也可指繁殖植物;语体较正式。

词族

propagation (n.)、propagator (n.)

近义 spread、disseminate

科学英语词汇CEFR C1

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