Tenacious Hold Tending B Fast Adjective Tenax Adhering

te·na·cious
\\tə-ˈnā-shəs\\ adjective1.
  a. not easily pulled apart :

cohesive

      a tenacious metal
  b. tending to adhere or cling especially to another substance
      tenacious burs
2.
  a. persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired
      a tenacious advocate of civil rights
      tenacious negotiators
  b.
      a tenacious memory
Synonyms: see
• te·na·ci·ous·ly adverb
• te·na·cious·ness noun

tenacious
  c.1600, from L. tenaci-, from tenax "holding fast" (see tenacity). Related: Tenaciously.

tenacious
ten·acious / tE5neiFEs / adjective (formal)
1. that does not stop holding sth or give up sth easily; determined
   紧握的；不松手的；坚持的:
   a tenacious grip
   紧握
   She's a tenacious woman. She never gives up.
   她是个坚毅的人,从不放弃。
   The party has kept its tenacious hold on power for more than twenty years.
   这个政党已牢牢掌握大权二十多年。
2. continuing to exist, have influence, etc. for longer than you might expect
   顽强的；坚忍不拔的
   SYN 

persistent

:
   a tenacious illness
   顽症
• ten·acious·ly adv.:
   Though seriously ill, he still clings tenaciously to life.
   他虽然病情严重,但仍顽强地活下去。
• ten·acity / tE5nAsEti / noun [U] :
   They competed with skill and tenacity.
   他们竞争靠的是技术和顽强意志。

tenacious adj.

te·na·cious
\tə̇ˈnāshəs also teˈn-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin tenac-, tenax tending to hold fast (from tenēre to hold) + English -ious — more at
1.
 a. : having parts or elements strongly adhering to each other : not easily pulled apart : ,
  < her ships provided a slender, but very tenacious, link between East and West — R.W.Southern >
  < a tenacious metal >
 b. : tending to adhere to another substance : , ,
  < slippers stuck fast in the tenacious yellow clay and were nearly dragged off my feet — Mary S. Broome >
  < tenacious sputum >
2.
 a. : holding fast or tending to hold fast : persistent in maintaining or adhering to something valued or habitual (as an opinion, purpose, way of life)
  < a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it — T.S.Eliot >
  < here … men are slow of speech, tenacious of opinion, and averse … to innovation of any sort — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall >
 b. :
  < combined an encyclopedic knowledge with a tenacious memory — C.M.Fuess >
3. : not yielding : ,
 < men are more tenacious dieters than women — Newsweek >
 < the transition to a new theory is seldom easy; old ideas are apt to be tenacious — J.B.Conant >

Synonyms: see