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stick-at-it-ive

/stik-at-it-iv, -i-tiv/US // ˌstɪkˈæt ɪt ɪv, -ɪ tɪv //

坚持不懈,坚持不懈地努力,坚持不懈地,坚持下去

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : stick-to-it-ive.

Examples

  • Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.

  • He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.

  • After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”

  • The birds poop all over the forest, and thanks to the viscin, the mistletoe seeds in said poop stick to branches.

  • And for Larry Flynt, this might be a monumental opportunity to stick it to the dictator the best way he knows how.

  • You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.

  • Tressan was monstrous ill-at-ease, and his face lost a good deal of its habitual plethora of colour.

  • Whoever succeeded in getting the ring on his stick won the game, and carried the prize home as a sign of victory.

  • A fellow rudely clad—a hybrid between man-at-arms and lackey—lounged on a musket to confront them in the gateway.

  • By using his walking stick he discovered that they formed a trail to a point in the wall.