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

• 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。
• He persevered despite discouragement from those around him.
  尽管周围一片劝阻声，他还是锲而不舍。
• They faced impossible odds, and yet somehow, they persevered.
  他们面对不可思议的艰难，然而他们坚持过来了。
• He persevered amidst all these difficulties.
  身处所有这些困难之中，他仍然坚持下去。
• But I persevered, and soon I found myself falling into the habits of a phablet-only life.
  不过我挺住了，不久就发现自己染上了只靠平板手机过活的习惯。
• She has persevered in spite of the odds and has borne both light and dark with grace.
  尽管困难重重，她仍一直坚持下来，并仁慈地承受着光明与黑暗两方。
• He was hopeless at French, but his teacher persevered with him.
  他怎么也学不会法语，可是老师仍锲而不舍地帮助他。
• Nowhere is this more true than in Afghanistan where women and girls have persevered despite seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and made incredible gains over the past 13 years to help put their country on the path to peace, prosperity, and security.
  这一点在阿富汗表现得再真切不过。在那里，妇女和女童面对看似难以逾越的障碍坚忍不拔，在过去13年里取得了惊人的进步，帮助国家走上了通往和平、繁荣和安全的道路。
• 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。
• 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。