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persisting

/per-sist, -zist/US // pərˈsɪst, -ˈzɪst //UK // (pəˈsɪst) //

持续存在,持续的,持续存在的,持续性的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to continue steadfastly or firmly in some state, purpose, course of action, or the like, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.: to persist in working for world peace; to persist in unpopular political activities.
    • : to last or endure tenaciously: The legend of King Arthur has persisted for nearly fifteen centuries.
    • : to be insistent in a statement, request, question, etc.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcarry on, carry through

Examples

  • The issues persisted for more than two years and affected more than 418,000 advertisers, the company said.

  • It will ask players, coaches and team personnel to be extraordinarily disciplined, and they will do their best, and the cases will persist.

  • She said she didn’t file restraining orders against the men since warnings from the police have worked so far, but that she’d consider going that route if the threats persisted.

  • However, the DNA of organisms persists in the cold, dark deeps for more than a day, meaning a seawater sample can say a lot more about who has recently been in that section of the ocean.

  • In other words, they showed that disorder can persist within larger graphs than previously known.

  • Other work has found Mexican-American educational deficiencies persisting into the fourth generation after migration.

  • The fault lines of the 2010 primary campaign show signs of persisting in Florida.

  • “The effort to keep on persisting with something called a newsmagazine is probably outdated at this point,” Brown says.

  • And he, persisting in his tone of reverie—'I do not know—I do not remember.'

  • "I'm only a boy sprout," said Roy, his wonted buoyancy persisting.

  • Thus persisting in his disdain of reason as a moral guide, Mr. Vincent thought, acted, and suffered as a man of feeling.

  • The good old woman was much embarrassed, when she found Aladdin persisting in so wild a design.

  • A tremendous sea was running on the 25th as a result of the previous two days' "blow" and a heavy gale still persisting.