persevered

英 [ˌpɜːsəˈvɪəd]

美 [ˌpɜːrsəˈvɪrd]

v.  坚持; 孜孜以求
persevere的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 坚持不懈；锲而不舍
  If youpersevere withsomething, you keep trying to do it and do not give up, even though it is difficult.
  1. ...his ability to persevere despite obstacles and setbacks.
     他锲而不舍、百折不挠的劲头儿
  2. ...a school with a reputation for persevering with difficult and disruptive children...
     因对捣乱难管的学生不离不弃而闻名的学校
  3. She persevered in her idea despite obvious objections raised by friends.
     虽然朋友们明确反对,她还是坚持己见。

双语例句

• I'm not saying I worked harder as time went on, but at last I persevered with my learning and the work before me seemed easier as time passed.
  我不是说随着时间的推移，我更努力了，但至少我一直坚持学习，学习在我面前也似乎变得越来越简单了。
• Despite the failure of his early experiments, the scientist persevered in his research.
  尽管最初的实验多次失败，那位科学家仍然坚持研究。
• Whether she would have got over this fancy if left to herself or persevered in nursing it perpetually, I cannot say: she had little time to reflect.
  如果让她自己想去，她是不是会丢开这场幻想，还是永久保存它呢，我从不能断定。她也没有什么时间多想了。
• This is one reason why we persevered with the diary.
  这就是我们为什么坚持记日记的一个原因。
• Whenever I was perplexed by what I had found I persevered to the perfection that I had sought.
  只要我对我的发现感到困惑我就会坚持不懈，追求完美。
• He persevered in his study until he succeeded.
  他坚持学习直到成功为止。
• History also tells us of many people who persevered yet never were able to succeed.
  历史也告诉我们，有许多人坚持过，最终也未获得成功。
• He persevered with building the bookshelf.
  他坚持做书架。
• She said their relationship persevered because both she and her future husband believed it had a future.
  她说他们的恋情能够坚持下来，这都要归功于她和未婚夫对于未来的那份信念。
• Perhaps if Angel had persevered he might have gone to Cambridge like his brothers.
  如果安琪尔继续坚持下去，也许他就可以像两个哥哥一样去剑桥了。