persevere

英 [ˌpɜːsɪ'vɪə(r)] 美 [ˌpɜːrsə'vɪr]

• v. 坚持；不屈不挠

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 坚忍，坚持

   keep on doing sth which is unpleasant or difficult

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 坚持
2. 固执己见
3. 不屈不挠
4. 忍耐
5. 熬住
6. 支撑
7. 鼓舞
8. 孜孜不倦

英英释义

Verb:

1. be persistent, refuse to stop;

   "he persisted to call me every night"
   "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. When things get difficult, you just have to grit your teeth and persevere.
   遇到困难只需咬紧牙关坚持下去。
2. If you persevere with work, you'll succeed in the end.
   你如果把工作坚持下去，最终会取得成功的。
3. He was hopeless at French, but his teacher persevered with him.
   他怎么也学不会法语,可是老师仍锲而不舍地帮助他。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Although he is in poor health,he still perseveres in his studies.
   尽管他身体不好，他仍孜孜不倦地学习。

经典引文

• Luria persevered in searching for..the rewards.

  出自： C. P. Snow

• Parks persevered and eventually went on to a long and distinguished career.

  出自： R. Whelan

• My..sense of duty..makes me persevere with a book I don't really enjoy.

  出自： Rosemary Manning

词汇搭配

• persevere with 坚持
• persevere in 坚持
• persevere at persevere ...

词义辨析

insist，persist，persevere，adhere，cling

• 这些动词均有“坚持”之意。
• insist通常用于对意见、主张等的坚持。
• persist用于褒义指坚持继续做某事，但更常用于贬义，指不听劝告，顽固坚持。
• persevere含褒义，强调坚持不懈的努力。
• adhere与to连用，指坚持意见、计划或承诺等，含坚持不懈之意。
• cling和to连用，指对信仰、意见、习惯等的坚持。

近反义词

【近义词】

• persist 坚持
• continue 继续
• endure 容忍
• stick 手杖
• keep on 反复地做
• carry on 继续进行
• insist 坚持
• keep at 坚持
• keep it up 继续下去而不松弛...
• stick it out 坚持到底
• proceed 继续进行
• press on 向前推进
• on 在 ... 之上
• carry 携带
• keep 保持
• hang in 坚持
• adhere 遵守
• hang on 抓紧
• cling 紧贴
• hold on 抓住