persist
                    
      英 [pəˈsɪst]                            
                        美 [pɚˈsɪst]                    
                    
                        
- vi. 存留,坚持;持续,固执
- vt. 坚持说,反复说
 
                    
                    
                 
                
             
                        
            
                1. per‐一直,每分钟都站在那里。            
                        
            
                persist 坚持per-,完全的,-sist,站立,坚持,词源同stand,assist.
             
                        
            
                
- persist
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persist: see statue
 
- persist (v.)
- 1530s, from Middle French persister (14c.), from Latin persistere "abide, continue steadfastly," from per- "thoroughly" (see per) + sistere "come to stand, cause to stand still" (see assist). Related: Persisted; persisting.
 
                
- 1. If the symptoms persist, it is important to go to your doctor. 
- 如果这些症状持续存在,一定要去看医生。
- 2. Mr Straw issued a stern warning to those who persist in violence. 
- 斯特劳先生向那些坚持进行暴力活动的人发出了严正警告。
- 3. 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?
- 4. Politicians persist in imagining that "the people" warm to their cheesy slogans. 
- 政客们还在想象着“人民”对他们的空洞口号会越来越感兴趣呢。
- 5. Existential questions requir-ing religious answers still persist. 
- 需要通过宗教来解释的关乎人类存在的问题仍然存留。