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- persist [pə'sɪst]
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1.
vi.
[intr]
[
often foll by in] to continue steadfastly or obstinately despite opposition or difficulty -
2.
vi.
to continue to exist or occur without interruption
- the rain persisted throughout the night
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3.
vi.
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin persistere, from per- (intensive) + sistere to stand steadfast, from st
a re to stand
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1.
vi.
[intr]
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Examples
- Cloudy weather will persist in most of Taiwan.
- 台湾大部分地区将持续多云天气。 → cloudy
- to persist with sth
- 执意坚持某事 → persist
- to persist in doing sth
- 坚持不懈地做某事 → persist
- 常年坚持体育锻炼
- persist in physical training all the year round → 常年
- 坚持进步，反对倒退
- persist in progress and oppose retrogression → 倒退
- 恶习不改
- persist in one's evil ways → 恶习
- 苟能坚持，必将胜利。
- If you can persist, you are sure to win. or Given persistence, victory is certain. → 苟
- 坚持错误
- persist in one's errors → 坚持
- 这件事情不要再追究了， 你惹不起他。
- Don't persist in the matter, you can't afford to offend him. → 惹不起
- 寻找佚文的工作很困难， 但我们会坚持做下去。
- It's hard to collect anecdotes, but we will persist in doing it. → 佚文
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