Friday, May 17, 2013

popularise、impart、propagate三字有何分別?

此三字均可解作「推廣」,但含義和用法略有不同:

(1)popularise可用於物質或精神上的事物,例如:

We are arranging an exhibition to popularise the new types of cars.(物質)

我們在籌備一個展覽會,以推廣新式汽車。
We should popularise scientific notions.(精神)

我們應該推廣科學觀念。
(2)impart本意為「傳授」,可引伸為「推廣」知識、技術等,不可用於物質性的事物,例如:

It was the engineers of that auto company who imparted this new technique to us.

向我們推廣這項新技術的是該車廠的工程師。
(3)propagate本意為「繁殖」或「傳播」,可引伸為「推廣」經驗、技術等,例如:

We'll invite him to come here and propagate the application of their experience.

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