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perseverate

/per-sev-uh-reyt/US // pərˈsɛv əˌreɪt //

锲而不舍,坚守,坚持不懈地,坚持不懈

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    per·sev·er·at·ed, per·sev·er·at·ing.

    • : to repeat something insistently or redundantly: to perseverate in reminding children of their responsibilities.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inpersist

Examples

  • Without such control, someone who perseverates finds it difficult to stop a particular action and switch to another.

  • It’s easy to rebuke yourself when you realize you’ve been perseverating on a rude encounter on the subway for hours.

  • It can involve perseverating about the past, which we call rumination, perseverating about the future, we call that worry.