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. 使(尤指不好的情况、制度、信仰等)继续,延长
We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB-ed]