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Tenacious Grip Strong Word Persistent Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Belief

英语单词 tenacious
英美音标 英 [tə'neɪʃəs] 美 [tə'neɪʃəs]
中文释义 adj.抓紧的;坚决的;(记忆力)强的
英语例句 (1) He hold on to my arm with a tenacious grip.
(2) The eagle seized its prey in a tenacious grip.
(3) She is tenacious in defence of her rights.
(4) He is tenacious of his opinions.
中文例句 (1) 他紧紧抓住我的手臂不放。
(2) 鹰将捕获物紧紧抓住。
(3) 她坚决维护自己的权利.
(4) 他固执己见。
vocabulary简明 Use tenacious to mean "not easily letting go or giving up," like a clingy child who has a tenacious grip on his mother's hand.
vocabulary扩展 A strong grip or an unyielding advocate might both be described as tenacious, a word whose synonyms include resolute, firm, and persistent. The word comes from the Latin root tenax, which means "holding fast." The basketball commentator Marv Albert, impressed by a defender's skill, once uttered the sound bite, "That's some tenacious D!" ("D" is short for "defense.") The musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass borrowed the phrase for the name of their comedy-rock band, Tenacious D.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]坚韧不拔的;坚毅的;坚持不懈的 If you are tenacious, you are very determined and do not give up easily.
  • She is very tenacious and will work hard and long to achieve objectives...

    她是个锲而不舍的人,为了达到目标愿意长期苦干。

  • He is regarded at the BBC as a tenacious and persistent interviewer.

    在英国广播公司,他被看成一个不屈不挠、坚定执著的采访者。

tenaciously
  • In spite of his illness, he clung tenaciously to his job.

    尽管有病在身,他仍顽强地坚持工作。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](观点、信念)根深蒂固的,深入人心的 If you describe something such as an idea or belief as tenacious, you mean that it has a strong influence on people and is difficult to change or remove.
  • ...a remarkably tenacious belief that was to dominate future theories of military strategy.

    会左右未来军事战略理论的一个特别根深蒂固的信念

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