persist
坚持;固执;存留;继续存在
变形
过去式:persisted过去分词:persisted现在分词:persisting第三人称单数:persists
双语释义
- vt. & vi. 坚持,固执 refuse to make any change in what one is doing, one's beliefs, etc.
英英释义
persist[ pə'sist, -'zist ]
- v.
- continue to exist
同义词:prevaildie hardrunendure
- be persistent, refuse to stop
"he persisted to call me every night"; "The child persisted and kept asking questions"
同义词:perseverehang inhang onhold on
- stay behind
同义词:remainstay
- continue to exist
词汇搭配
- persist ardently〔enthusiastically〕热情地坚持
- persist stubbornly固执地坚持
- persist unreasonably毫无理由地坚持
- persist against sb's remonstrance坚持不听某人的规劝
- persist in坚持
- persist in one's denial一直否认
- persist in doing sth坚持做某事
- persist in one's opinion坚持己见
- persist with efforts继续努力
- persist with a policy坚持一项政策
词组短语
persist in坚持;固执于
同近义词辨析
insist 坚持,后面接介词on,也可直接连用that引导的名词从句。如:He insisted on my going there with him. (He insisted that I should go there with him.)
persist 坚持,后面常接介词in。如:He persisted in carrying on his work in spite of great fatigue.(他虽然疲倦极了,可仍坚持工作。)
这组词都有“持续”的意思,其区别是:
last着重存在的时间相当长,超过正常的或所期望的时间。
continue多指过程,强调持续而无终止,常含不间断之意。
endure与last同义,但还指经受住,有能耐忍受而并不受损。
persist强调超过了指定的或正常的时间。
这组词都有“坚持”的意思,其区别是:
persevere含褒义,强调坚持不懈的努力。
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。
cling和to连用,指对信仰、意见、习惯等的坚持。
adhere与to连用,指坚持意见、计划或承诺等,含坚持不懈之意。
双语例句
- I hope you'll persist in your efforts.
我希望你们再接再励。 - He will persist in riding that dreadful bicycle.
他执意要骑那辆破自行车。 - If you persist, you will annoy them even more.
你若固执,他们就更恼火了。 - If you persist in breaking the law you will go to prison.
如果你再继续违法的话,你会坐牢的。 - They persist with the agricultural reform, despite opposition from the farmers.
他们不顾农民反对,仍继续进行农业改革。 - The cold weather will persist for the rest of the week.
这种寒冷的天气将持续到本周末。