persists

英 [pəˈsɪsts]

美 [pərˈsɪsts]

v.  顽强地坚持; 执著地做; 维持; 保持; 持续存在
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柯林斯词典

• VERB （不喜欢的事物）继续存在
  If something undesirablepersists, it continues to exist.
  1. Contact your doctor if the cough persists...
     如果还是咳嗽就去看医生。
  2. These problems persisted for much of the decade.
     这些问题在那10年的大部分时间里一直存在。
• VERB 顽强坚持；执著
  If youpersist indoing something, you continue to do it, even though it is difficult or other people are against it.
  1. Why does Britain persist in running down its defence forces?...
     为什么英国要坚持消减其军事防御力量？
  2. He urged the United States to persist with its efforts to bring about peace...
     他敦促美国继续进行和平斡旋。
  3. 'You haven't answered me,' she persisted...
     “你还没有回答我,”她追问道。
  4. When I set my mind to something, I persist.
     一旦我对某事拿定主意,我就会坚持到底。

双语例句

• If you persists in causing trouble, I will dismiss you.
  如果你执意捣乱，我将解雇你。
• If this persists it may generate tensions between Japan and China.
  如果这种情况继续下去，日中之间可能产生紧张。
• Persists in any conduct which is prejudicial to safety, health, or the protection of the environment.
  行为常常对对安全、健康或环境保护不利。
• If she persists you will have everything you need to justify letting her go.
  如果她一切如故，你就有充分的理由让她走了。
• But because the notion of the collective persists, the system is wide open to abuses.
  然而由于坚持集体主义的观念，这个体系很大程度上被滥用了。
• The media persists in its portrayal of us as muggers, dope sellers and gangsters
  媒体一直把我们描绘成抢劫犯、贩毒者和歹徒。
• He's sure to get somewhere if he persists.
  只要他有恒心，定能有所成就。
• If this error persists, call customer support.
  如果该错误持续产生，请与客户支持部门联系。
• Still, the basic contradiction between environment and development persists.
  然而，环境和发展的基本矛盾仍然存在。
• She persists in that she is right.
  她坚持认为她是对的。