1. vt. & vi. 扩大; 繁殖 enlarge; increase the number by natural process from the parent stock
2. vt. & vi. 散布,传播 spread more widely

1. transmit from one generation to the next;

   "propagate these characteristics"
   

2. travel through the air;

   "sound and light propagate in this medium"
   

3. transmit;

   "propagate sound or light through air"
   

4. become distributed or widespread;

   "the infection spread"
   "Optimism spread among the population"
   

5. transmit or cause to broaden or spread;

   "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
   

6. cause to become widely known;

   "spread information"
   "circulate a rumor"
   "broadcast the news"
   

7. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

8. multiply sexually or asexually

1.宣传；传播；使普及
If peoplepropagate an idea or piece of information, they spread it and try to make people believe it or support it.

e.g. They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.
他们鼓吹能颠覆英国社会结构的政治学说。

2.繁殖，培植（植物）
If youpropagate plants, you grow more of them from the original ones.

e.g. The easiest way topropagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings...
栽培葡萄最简便的方法就是硬条扦插。
e.g. The pasque flower can be propagated from seed.
欧白头翁可以通过种子进行繁殖。

1. 繁殖：第一级路径依赖是时间内的关系(intertemporalrelationship第二级是在时间关系内繁殖(propagate)错误;第三级不仅仅繁殖了错误,而且是不可避免的无效率.

2. propagate是什么意思

2. 扩散：而且往往一个视图需要对诸多试图进行选择事件的监听,因此在这种情况下对每一个视图的事件进行注册,比较繁琐,有时候也不可能(比如在需要被监听的试图尚未激活的情况下). 然后再setSelection()中对事件进行扩散(propagate)

3. 传播法向：Reverse倒转法向 |propagate传播法向 | Conform统一法向