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单词 persist
释义
persist
verb[I]
uk
/pəˈsɪst/us
/pɚˈsɪst/
C2
If anunpleasantfeelingorsituationpersists, itcontinuestoexist:
持续；存留
If thepainpersists,consultadoctor.如果疼痛持续就去看医生。
Thecoldweatheris set to persistthroughouttheweek.寒冷天气很可能将持续整个星期。
C2
totryto do orcontinuedoing something in adeterminedbut oftenunreasonableway:
坚持不懈；执意
If he persistsinaskingawkwardquestions, thensendhim to theboss.如果他没完没了地问令人尴尬的问题，就把他打发到老板那里去。
Thegovernmentis persistingwithitsambitiouspublicworksprogramme.政府在坚持实施其雄心勃勃的市政工程规划。
More examples
  • Ifsymptomspersistseekmedicalattention.
  • Thecoldweatheris set to persistthroughouttheweek.
  • Despite thisaccumulationofevidence, thegovernmentpersisted in doing nothing.
  • Must you persist inblamingyourself for whathappened?
  • 'So would you like me tobooktickets?' she persisted.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Continue & last
  • (it's) business as usualidiom
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  • carry(something)on
  • cease
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  • contd
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  • echo
  • insist ondoing something
  • jag
  • keep atsomething
  • keepsomeoneat itidiom
  • leg
  • push on
  • run on
  • runsomeone/somethingover
  • seesomethingout
  • segue
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(Definition ofpersistfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

persist| American Dictionary

persist
verb[I]
us
/pərˈsɪst,-ˈzɪst/
tocontinuetoexistpast theusualtime, or tocontinueto do something in adeterminedwayevenwhenfacingdifficultiesoropposition:
If thepainpersists,consultadoctor.
Although themeetinghadended, she persisted intryingtoquestionthemayor.
(Definition ofpersistfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpersist

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Efforts to bring this plan to fruition persisted into 1947, but ran out of steam when difficulties appeared in the way of the share purchases.
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The underlying structure of museums from colonial times persists in most cases up to this day and manifests itself on two levels.
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Another question is whether individuals who desist do so under better educational and employment conditions compared to persisting delinquents.
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The effects of life events on behavior at a given time were measured beyond the persisting effect of other changes prior to the event.
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The results also revealed a sustained negative impact on later disruptive behavior that persisted long after the occurrence of grade retention.
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Low levels of maternal stimulation result in hyperresponsiveness of the axis that persists into adulthood.
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Thus, roughly speaking, the influence of the boundary on behaviour at the origin persists as the boundary recedes.
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The authorities may try to maintain the established meaning against the popular misuse but this misuse, if persisted in, imposes itself upon them.
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Fragmentation has often persisted in spite of mounting pressure.
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Although it was restrained, the event demonstrated the persisting tension between individual memory, historical reconstruction, and political perspectives.
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Despite changing to amiodarone the tachycardia persisted, and a decision was made to perform radiofrequency ablation.
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Recurrent atelectasis persisted despite bronchial suctioning, and repeated attempts of weaning from the ventilator were unsuccessful.
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He is given nutrition through a gastrostomy, but apparently this does not satisfy the enormous need for oral gratification that still persists.
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Right ventricular dysfunction has been attributed either to persisting high right ventricular afterload or to chronic myocardial hypoxia prior to repair.
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Diplomatic negotiations over compensation for the loss of the ship persisted for the next decade.
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