单词 | self-perpetuating |
释义 | > as lemmasself-perpetuating self-perpetuating adj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfpəˈpɛtʃʊeɪtɪŋ/ , /ˌsɛlfpəˈpɛtjʊeɪtɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfpərˈpɛtʃuˌeɪdɪŋ/ that perpetuates itself without external agency or intervention; (also) of or characterized by self-perpetuation.ΚΠ 1659 C. Fleetwood Answer to Collonel Morley 20 A self-perpetuating, bare nominal Parliament. 1725 R. Nasmith Treat. upon Entail Covenant of Grace 51 What became of Believers during the time of the Dispensation of that Covenant, which might be broken, and granted this self perpetuating tenor? 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 119 All the bad passions of our nature have a..self-perpetuating power. 1938 J. S. Huxley & A. C. Haddon We Europeans iii. 8 The gene is then as self-perpetuating in its new type as it was in its old. 2001 S. Fatsis Word Freak xviii. 278 It's just a self-perpetuating cycle that makes him not get better at what he wants to be good at. < as lemmas |
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