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 persist [pә'sist]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vi. 坚持, 固执, 持续, 坚称

[经] 持续




    persist


    Persist \Per*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Persisted}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Persisting}.] [L. persistere; per + sistere to stand
    or be fixed, fr. stare to stand: cf. F. persister. See
    {Per-}, and {Stand}.]
    To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue
    steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of
    conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes
    conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or
    obstinacy.

    If they persist in pointing their batteries against
    particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making
    reprisals. --Addison.

    Some positive, persisting fops we know,
    Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so. --Pope.

    That face persists.
    It floats up; it turns over in my mind. --Mrs.
    Browning.

    Syn: See {Persevere}, and {Insist}.

    1. The federal government will push harder to revive atomic power. Tax dollars may be used to develop a nuclear reactor with added safety features, but public opposition to the atom is likely to persist.
    2. But other examples of the 'belt and braces' approach persist.
    3. With the economy sluggish, incentives are likely to persist, Garretty said.
    4. The TTL treats license rights in technology as a sale of the technology itself, so that rights to use the technology without compensation persist even after the license has ended.
    5. Its general direction is likely to be down, as the accompanying table suggests, and the decline could well persist for many months and be substantial.
    6. "If we let the situation persist and the Khmer Rouge gain more ground, they might harden their stance at the negotiating table," said Ek Sereywath, a spokesman in Sihanouk's office in Bangkok.
    7. Some said the market had bottomed out, while others said market nervousness and pessimism would persist in coming weeks.
    8. These illusions persist.' The contemporary illusion against which Bukovsky still attempts to tilt is the western belief that its fear of an imploding Russia can be exorcised by throwing money at it.
    9. Long-term indicators of stress persist: rising crime, homelessness, deficient public transport and poor state schools are the most obvious.
    10. Ernie Stokes, a research director with WEFA Group Ltd., warned that a recession could occur this year if interest rates persist at current levels.
    11. The group reiterated yesterday that there would be no change in strategy. But the pressures persist.
    12. But her efforts at reconciliation have fallen short of former fighters' expectations, and strong antagonisms persist between the Contras and the armed forces and police.
    13. Apartment building is expected to fall sharply this year, and the de pressed level could persist for years.
    14. But in London, analysts said they expect Mr. Maxwell, who has said he would pay $1.4 billion for 11 Macmillan information services businesses, to persist in that pursuit while abandoning his takeover bid.
    15. Excess demand for private-plane flights through crowded airspace will persist as long as that resource is undervalued.
    16. Amid its disarray, the SDPJ looks incapable of mounting public support to counter the government's nuclear power commitment. But short-term difficulties persist.
    17. But he said weakness in newsprint prices may persist, hurting Tribune's results from newsprint operations.
    18. De Leo's lawyer, Samuel Banks, said "my client will persist in the plea of not guilty." Dan Webb, an attorney representing Shields and Roti, said his clients will be vindicated in court.
    19. We persist in thinking that most sanitation workers are reasonable people, and realize that when a government has a chance to cut its costs by more than 50% these days, it has a public responsibility to do so.
    20. A few people also may develop a brief, low-grade fever and some minor aches and pains, which begin six to 12 hours after vaccination and can persist for one or two days.
    21. But as the province marks its 20th anniversary of political and sectarian violence, obstacles persist.
    22. "Catholics who obstinately persist in these activities, while perhaps not formally excommunicated, should not consider themselves properly disposed to participate in receiving Holy Communion," Pilarczyk said.
    23. The Planning Secretariat says the trade deficit may persist this year, but will then fall sharply. Officials add that capital goods are a large component of imports.
    24. Donald Ratajczak, a Georgia State University inflation expert, said the revisions were "disconcerting, especially because there is evidence that inflation rates tend to persist."
    25. "It would be unwise to do anything other than persist."
    26. "You have this dichotomy between the junk-bond market and the value of equities, and it can't persist," says Kyle Krueger, senior vice president of Eagle Asset Management.
    27. But the requirements persist.
    28. Bulgaria won its independence in 1877, but ethnic tensions persist.
    29. It has shown itself resolutely determined to persist with a structure in which there are at most two votes that matter, those of the chancellor of the exchequer and the prime minister.
    30. Nevertheless, they said, the findings "are the first evidence that treatment of obesity in childhood can produce effects that persist into young adulthood." Even a clockmaker can't be expected to be on time all the time.
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