Propagation
[,prɒpə'ɡeɪʃən] or [,prɑpə'geʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions.
(noun.) the movement of a wave through a medium.
校對:马奇--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.
(n.) The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel.
伯特兰校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Multiplication, increase, continuance.[2]. Dissemination, diffusion, extension, enlargement.[3]. Generation, procreation, breeding.
編輯:桑德拉
例句/造句/用法:
- The fund was, of course, for the propagation and spread of the red-heads as well as for their maintenance. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- A large number of individuals of an animal or plant can be reared only where the conditions for its propagation are favourable. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- His knowledge of the propagation of animals was, however , not sufficient to make him reject the belief in spontaneous generation from mud, sand, foam, and dew. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- In the field of botany Aristotle had a wide knowledge of natural phenomena, and raised general questions as to mode of propagation, nourishment, relation of plants to animals, etc. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- The liberal reward of labour, as it encourages the propagation, so it increases the industry of the common people. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
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