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pertinacity

/pur-tn-as-i-tee/US // ˌpɜr tnˈæs ɪ ti //

执着,坚韧不拔,坚守,顽固性

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.

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Examples

  • Marlborough had formerly made himself conspicuous by the keenness and pertinacity with which he had attacked the Dutch.

  • And he kept it up all through the long vacation with a pertinacity I should never have given him credit for.

  • The former still adhered, with fixed pertinacity of purpose, to the matrimonial arrangement which he had made with his son.

  • She, it may be remembered, sought for the precious remains with true pertinacity till she found them.

  • Their courage and pertinacity are unconquerable, and are often sublimed into the most inconceivable rage and fury.