音标:[pəˈsists] ;
v. 坚持( persist的第三人称单数 ); 维持; 保持; 持续存在
v continue to exist
v be persistent, refuse to stop
v stay behind

persist的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. I hope you'll persist in your efforts.我希望你们再接再励。
  2. He will persist in riding that dreadful bicycle.他执意要骑那辆破自行车。
  3. If you persist, you will annoy them even more.你若固执,他们就更恼火了。
  4. If you persist in breaking the law you will go to prison.如果你再继续违法的话,你会坐牢的。
  5. They persist with the agricultural reform, despite opposition from the farmers.他们不顾农民反对,仍继续进行农业改革。
  6. The cold weather will persist for the rest of the week.这种寒冷的天气将持续到本周末。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. On the tops of very high mountains snow persists throughout the year.高山顶上,积雪终年不化。
  2. The bad weather will persist all over the country.这种坏天气将在全国各地持续下去。
  3. His strength of will enabled him to persist.他的意志力使他能坚持下去。
  4. The tendency still persists.这种倾向一直存在。
用作及物动词S+~+that-clause
  1. He persisted that he (should) walk there.他坚持要步行去那里。
  2. He persisted that he did the work alone.他坚持他一个人做那件事。
  3. She persisted that she was strong enough to go back to work.她反复地说她身体已经好了,可以去上班了。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
persist in (v.+prep.)
    坚持 keep on sth with patiencepersist in sth/v-ing

    Why does the boy persist in his some trouble behaviour?

    这个男孩怎么老在捣乱?

    He persists in his bad habit.

    他仍然改不掉坏习惯。

    She persisted in her opinion.

    她固执己见。

    They persisted in going there in spite of the bad weather.

    尽管天气很坏,他们还是坚持去那里。

    She persisted in singing although I asked her not to.

    尽管我叫她别唱歌,她还是坚持要唱。

    Most of them persist in setting strict demands on themselves.

    他们大多数人坚持严格要求自己。

    He persists in reading in bed.

    他偏要在床上看书。

    We must persist in doing what is right and correct what is wrong.

    我们要坚持对的,改正错的。

    Dan persisted in making things hard for me.

    丹老是与我作对。

    This line of conduct, if persisted in, could only get him deeper into debt.

    他要是坚持这样干下去,只会在债务中陷得更深。

persist with (v.+prep.)
    坚持… keep on sth with patiencepersist with sth

    The salesman is still persisting with his demands.

    那店员仍在坚持他的要求。

    He persisted with his interrogation.

    他一直在坚持问此事。

    She persisted with her work.

    她坚持做她的工作。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • persist ardently〔enthusiastically〕热情地坚持
  • persist stubbornly固执地坚持
  • persist unreasonably毫无理由地坚持
~+介词
  • persist against sb's remonstrance坚持不听某人的规劝
  • persist in坚持
  • persist in one's denial一直否认
  • persist in doing sth坚持做某事
  • persist in one's opinion坚持己见
  • persist with efforts继续努力
  • persist with a policy坚持一项政策

经典引文

  • Why do you persist in writing such things?

    出自:J. London
  • The dogs were fierce..but he persisted.

    出自:A. Paton
  • Rutland..had already once refused, and did so again; still Pulteney persisted.

    出自:L. Namier
  • Having bound themselves by marriage, they persist with it.

    出自:M. Bradbury
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