| 英语单词 | persevere |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌpɜːsɪ'vɪə(r)] 美 [ˌpɜːrsə'vɪr] |
| 中文释义 | v.坚持;不屈不挠 |
| 英语例句 | (1) When things get difficult, you just have to grit your teeth and persevere. (2) If you persevere with work, you'll succeed in the end. (3) He was hopeless at French, but his teacher persevered with him. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 遇到困难只需咬紧牙关坚持下去。 (2) 你如果把工作坚持下去,最终会取得成功的。 (3) 他怎么也学不会法语,可是老师仍锲而不舍地帮助他。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Use the verb persevere when you want to persist in anything and continue despite difficulties or obstacles. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The verb persevere comes from the Latin root persevereus which means "continue steadfastly, persist" and that word comes from two others, per- for "very" and severus for "strict." So, today, the connotation of the word is to persist in a methodical way despite obstacles or distractions. You can see the relationship between persevere and perseverate, which means "to persistently repeat something," and that word is a medical term used to describe stuttering. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]坚持不懈;锲而不舍 If you persevere with something, you keep trying to do it and do not give up, even though it is difficult. [V] [V [V prep]
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