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.
例句
We must not perpetuate the religious divisions of the past...
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.
这种形象是媒体宣传造成的错觉。