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pertinaciousness

/pur-tn-ey-shuhs/US // ˌpɜr tnˈeɪ ʃəs //UK // (ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs) //

中肯性,中肯,中性,中肯的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
    • : stubborn or obstinate.
    • : extremely or objectionably persistent: a pertinacious salesman from whom I could not escape.

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Examples

  • As it was useless arguing with so pertinacious a disputant we were compelled humbly to submit.

  • The old man was pertinacious, and many whispers had to be made into Barry's ear before the matter could be settled.

  • Carlyle attributes his defeat and downfall to his pertinacious pursuit of a shallow logic to its utmost consequences.

  • "There never was a man played his game worse," resumed St. George, who with a pertinacious persistence continued the topic.

  • History cannot produce another instance of a struggle so prolonged and so pertinacious.