propagate
传播,推广,宣传,传扬
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Definitions
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prop·a·gat·ed, prop·a·gat·ing.
- : to cause to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
- : to reproduce, as an organism does.
- : to transmit to, or through, offspring.
- : to spread from person to person; disseminate.
- : to cause to increase in number or amount.
- : to create at a distance, as by electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc., traveling through space or a physical medium; transmit: to propagate sound.
- : to spread from one individual to another: Dr. John Atlee believed believed that filthy living conditions probably propagated cholera.
- : Computers. to cause to take effect throughout a network of devices:The active master database replicates updates to the standby master database, which propagates the updates to the subscribers.
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prop·a·gat·ed, prop·a·gat·ing.
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Examples
The second type of self-disseminating vaccine, the transmissible one, consists of live modified viruses that propagate a weakened form of a disease.
Emotionally charged prejudices are propagated from generation to generation by parental and adult authority and by the use of myths and symbols.
The lie started out as a rumor, which was first picked up and propagated by the American PR firm Hill & Knowlton.
The precise history of these self-propagating stories here on Earth is excruciatingly hard to decode because what we see are the successes.
If recombination happened earlier than supposed due to the clumping effect of magnetic fields, then sound waves couldn’t have propagated as far beforehand, and the resulting blobs would be smaller.
Anti-abortion organizations tend to tend to propagate the idea that the procedure is dangerous and unproven.
Online, commenters seeking a way in or claiming to have visited the site propagate stories about the Cold War bunker.
Those who propagate it are considered paranoids or activists with an axe to grind.
Neocon supporters of Netanyahu like David Frum propagate this view as well.
He was stern but never oppressive – we knew abuse of power and would not propagate it in our personal lives.
These animals prefer cold countries, but can subsist and propagate in temperate ones.
If they could their own they would be more likely to plant them.