persists

英 [pəˈsɪsts]

美 [pərˈsɪsts]

v.  顽强地坚持; 执著地做; 维持; 保持; 持续存在
persist的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB （不喜欢的事物）继续存在
  If something undesirablepersists, it continues to exist.
  1. Contact your doctor if the cough persists...
     如果还是咳嗽就去看医生。
  2. These problems persisted for much of the decade.
     这些问题在那10年的大部分时间里一直存在。
• VERB 顽强坚持；执著
  If youpersist indoing something, you continue to do it, even though it is difficult or other people are against it.
  1. Why does Britain persist in running down its defence forces?...
     为什么英国要坚持消减其军事防御力量？
  2. He urged the United States to persist with its efforts to bring about peace...
     他敦促美国继续进行和平斡旋。
  3. 'You haven't answered me,' she persisted...
     “你还没有回答我,”她追问道。
  4. When I set my mind to something, I persist.
     一旦我对某事拿定主意,我就会坚持到底。

双语例句

• The media persists in its portrayal of us as muggers, dope sellers and gangsters
  媒体一直把我们描绘成抢劫犯、贩毒者和歹徒。
• If the condition persists, the queued work and dispatched work begin to time out and fail.
  如果此情况持续很久，队列中的工作和已派发的工作将超时并失败。
• The tendency still persists.
  这种倾向继续存在着。
• Creates a command bar that persists and is available the next time started.
  建立持和下次可用的命令列。
• Yet the bad effect which this letter had on some comrades persists.
  但是中央那个信给一部分同志的不良影响是仍然存在的。
• Persists in any conduct which is prejudicial to safety, health, or the protection of the environment.
  行为常常对对安全、健康或环境保护不利。
• He's sure to get somewhere if he persists.
  只要他有恒心，定能有所成就。
• While inflammation can represent a healthy response to invading molecules, it hurts cells if it persists.
  虽说炎症是身体对入侵分子的一种健康反应，但它如果持续不断，就会对细胞造成伤害。
• Yet the bad effect it had on some of us persists.
  但它对我们中间某些人产生的不良影响还没有消除。
• He persists in reading in bed.
  他偏要在床上看书。