Tenacious
[tɪ'neɪʃəs] or [tə'neʃəs]
解释:
(a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.
(a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.
(a.) Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.
(a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.
(a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.
(a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.
艾迪整理
同义词及近义词:
a. [1]. Retentive, apt to retain.[2]. Adhesive, sticky, glutinous, viscous, cohesive, smeary, dauby, clinging.[3]. Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, opinionated, opinionative, positive, pig-headed.
录入:赖安
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Retentive, adhesive, obstinate, pertinacious, stubborn, jealous, chary
ANT:Irretentive, inadhesive, pliant, tenacious, yielding, liberal, prodigal,bountiful
伊莎贝拉录入
解释:
adj. retaining or holding fast: apt to stick: stubborn.—adv. Tenā′ciously.—ns. Tenā′ciousness Tenac′ity quality of being tenacious: the quality of bodies which makes them stick to others.
哈蒂编辑
例句:
- The more tenacious the memory, the richer the supply of image s, the greater the powers of adaptation and survival. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- But the constitution of joint-stock companies renders them in general, more tenacious of established rules than any private copartnery. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Her affections were not acute, nor was her mind tenacious. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- After tea Shirley reads, and she is just about as tenacious of her book as she is lax of her needle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
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