propagate

vt. 传播；传送；繁殖；宣传

vi. 繁殖；增殖

中文词源

propagate 宣传，传播，繁殖，增殖

来自拉丁语propagare,延伸，扩展，繁殖，来自pro-,向前，-pag,固定，词源同page,compact.比喻用法，原指使植物新芽繁殖，扩大种植，引申词义宣传，传播。

propagate (v.): 1560s, "to cause to multiply," from Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare "to set forward, extend, procreate" (see propagation). Intransitive sense "reproduce one's kind" is from c. 1600. Related: Propagated; propagating.

1、pro- "forth" + pag- + -ate.2、步步为营、稳扎稳打、环环相扣地向前，使其生生不息、香火不灭、永保不虞、连续不断。3、该词的原始含义是用压条法生根繁殖植物，后来，含义在此基础上进行了引申扩展。4、压条法就是将植物的枝条向前逐节地压入土中，以繁殖更多的植物。

1. The political party started the newspaper to propagate its ideas.: 那个政党创办一份报纸来宣传该党的观点.

5. Chinese citizens enjoy the freedom to believe in religion and the freedom not to believe in it and to propagate atheism.: 中国公民有信仰宗教的自由和不信仰宗教、宣传无神论的自由.