Persist
[pə'sɪst] or [pɚ'sɪst]
解释:
(verb.) stay behind; 'The smell stayed in the room'; 'The hostility remained long after they made up'.
哈利整理--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy.
伊莱恩整理
同义词及近义词:
v. n. [1]. Continue, remain, last, endure.[2]. Persevere, be steadfast.
编辑:洛拉
同义词及反义词:
[See PERSEVERE]
录入:米歇尔
解释:
v.i. to stand throughout to something begun: to continue in any course esp. against opposition: to persevere.—ns. Persis′tence Persis′tency quality of being persistent: perseverance: obstinacy: duration esp. of an effect after the exciting cause has been removed.—adj. Persis′tent persisting: pushing on esp. against opposition: tenacious: fixed: (bot.) remaining till or after the fruit is ripe as a calyx.—advs. Persis′tently; Persis′tingly.—adj. Persis′tive (Shak.) persistent.
整理:普雷斯利
例句:
- I said, 'Can you, at your time of life, be so headstrong, my friend, as to persist that an arm-chair is a thing to put upon a shelf and look at? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I determined to persist, as delicately and forbearingly as possible. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- If your ladyship and Mr. Betteredge persist in not agreeing with me, you must be blind to what happened before you this very day. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Then thou dost persist in thy refusal to confess thy guilt, and in that bold challenge which thou hast made? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But best of all to persist and persist and persist for ever, till one were satisfied in life. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- However doubtful she might feel her situation to be, she would rather persist in darkness than owe her enlightenment to Selden. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Now however, she can persist in this course of conduct no longer. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She persisted until she finally conquered the elephant's prejudices, and now they are inseparable friends. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It would not do, of course, to say that all these distinctions persisted in full technical definiteness. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- This course, persisted in, will soon make a prodigious difference in the quantity of wool. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- You persisted in working, you overdid it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Her path, in short, seemed to smooth itself before her as she advanced; yet the faint stir of uneasiness persisted. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Has he ever persisted in anything except from contradiction? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Mr Merdle and his noble guest persisted in prowling about at opposite ends of the perspective. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Yet that sentence which contained their wisdom about particular events has acquired an emotional force which persists long after the events have passed away. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Three-and-sixpence has been spent in vain--the screens retire to Miss Clapp's bedroom, who persists in thinking them lovely. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- If the visitor persists until Edison has seen both sides of the controversy, he is always willing to frankly admit that his own views may be unsound and that his opponent is right. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- At other times the unsettled condition persists, and his spleen is vented not only on the original instigator but upon others who may have occasion to see him, sometimes hours afterward. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- He persists, too, in keeping all the provisions upstairs in his room, and serving them out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- It persists in flitting and chattering about town. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- So I should; only the dear Old Lady persists in leaving it for me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- But this state of affairs does not afford instructors an excuse for folding their hands and persisting in methods which segregate school knowledge. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Lydgate had after all to give some scrutiny to each drawer, the Vicar laughing at himself, and yet persisting in the exhibition. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
校对:维托