永続する
解説 Definition
perpetuated は perpetuate（永続させる、長引かせる）の過去形・過去分詞です。習慣・問題・誤解などを終わらせずに続けさせた、または続けさせられたことを表します。
Caused a situation, belief, practice, or problem to continue for a long time, often unintentionally or undesirably. As a past participle, it can also describe something that was kept in existence through repeated actions or established systems.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
perpetuated は perpetuate「永続させる」の規則変化による過去形・過去分詞で、語末が e のため -d だけを加え、発音は語尾が /ɪd/ になります。自然に続いたというより、行動や制度が rumor、inequality、myth など望ましくないものを終わらせず存続させた場面を中心に覚えます。
Perpetuated is the regular past tense and past participle of perpetuate, meaning “cause to continue.” Because perpetuate already ends in silent e, only -d is added; the ending is pronounced /ɪd/. Link it with perpetual, meaning continuing for a very long time. The verb often appears with harmful or mistaken things such as a rumor, myth, stereotype, inequality, or unfair practice. If repeated posts kept a rumor alive, they perpetuated it. This is stronger than simply continued because it highlights the person, action, or system responsible for maintaining the situation.
例文
The rumor was perpetuated by repeated online posts.
そのうわさは、繰り返し投稿されることで長引きました。
Old policies perpetuated the gap between urban and rural schools.
古い政策が都市部と地方の学校の格差を存続させました。
The report argued that the practice had perpetuated unfair treatment for years.
その報告書は、その慣行が何年も不公平な扱いを続けさせてきたと論じました。
perpetuated の類義語・関連語
類義語
perpetuated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語「perpetuus（途絶えない）」に由来し、接頭辞「per-（通して）」と語根「pet（進む）」が「一直線に進み通る」意を作ります。ここに動詞化の「-uate」が付き、状態をそのまま維持する「永続する」となりました。同語根の関連語に「perpetual（永続的な）」があります。
Perpetuated comes from perpetuate, borrowed from Latin perpetuare, “to continue without interruption,” based on perpetuus, “continuous” or “unbroken.” Perpetuus is traditionally connected with per-, “through,” and a root associated with going or extending. English added the regular past-tense and past-participle ending -d to perpetuate. The closely related adjective perpetual preserves the central idea of something continuing with little or no interruption.
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