Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #11986
disseminate
传播；散布；宣传
to spread or scatter ideas, opinions, information, etc. widely, as if sowing seeds
- 1.
To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
传播(原则、思想、观点等)或具体事物,使其生长繁衍,如同播种。
- 2.
To become widespread.
广泛传播。
扩散；流传；蔓延；传播(原则、思想、观点等)或具体事物,使其生长繁衍,如同播种。；广泛传播。；散播；传播
In use
The organization works to disseminate information about health and safety.
News of the discovery was disseminated through social media.
Teachers disseminate knowledge to their students every day.
disseminate + noun
disseminate 是及物动词，后接被传播的事物。
The organization disseminates information about health risks.
该组织传播有关健康风险的信息。
disseminate + noun + to + audience
常与 to 连用指明传播对象。
Scientists disseminate their findings to the public through journals.
科学家通过期刊向公众传播他们的发现。
be disseminated + prepositional phrase
被动语态常见，后接 through, across, among 等介词。
Connections
Collocations
- disseminate information
- 传播信息
- The organization works to disseminate information about health risks.该组织致力于传播有关健康风险的信息。
- disseminate knowledge
- 传播知识
- The internet allows scientists to disseminate knowledge to a global audience.互联网使科学家能够向全球受众传播知识。
- disseminate ideas
- 传播思想
- Social media helps people disseminate ideas quickly across the world.社交媒体帮助人们在世界各地迅速传播思想。
- disseminate findings
- 传播研究成果
- The study's authors plan to disseminate their findings in a public report.该研究的作者计划在公开报告中传播他们的研究结果。
- widely disseminated
- 被广泛传播
- The video was widely disseminated on social media.该视频在社交媒体上被广泛传播。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 disseminate 拆成 dis(散开)+semin(像种子 seed)+ate：像撒种子一样把信息传播出去。记住「散播种子」= 传播。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、official announcements、news reports disseminate 是比较正式的书面动词，通常用于学术、新闻或机构发布等正式语境中，表示广泛传播信息、思想或观点等。
Grammar Note
既可作及物动词（后接宾语）也可作不及物动词（不接宾语）
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only inseminate (/ɪnˈsemɪneɪt/) rhymes with disseminate (/dɪˈsemɪneɪt/). The other -minate/-inate words below share the spelling ending but have a different stressed vowel, so they do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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