persist

🇬🇧/pəˈsɪst/ 🇺🇸/pərˈsɪst/
If something undesirable persists, it continues to exist. (尤指不合意的事物) 继续存在

verb [vi. 不及物动词] 继续存在,持续;坚持,执意;坚持说,反复说

If you persist in doing something, you continue to do it, even though it is difficult or other people are against it. 坚持; 执意

per- 表示“贯穿,自始至终”、“假,坏” persist 坚持(per+sist 站→站到最后→坚持)
per(始终) + sist(站立) → 始终站立 → 坚持; 继续
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Existential questions requiring religious answers still persist. 需要宗教解答的生命问题持续存在着。
Why do people persist in begging for money in the street? 为什么人们非要在街上讨钱呢?
I will persist until I succeed. 我会坚持不懈,直到成功。
He urged the United States to persist with its efforts to bring about peace. 他敦促美国坚持努力实现和平。

坚持,固执,持续存在(不顾阻拦一味的坚持)

persist in… 坚持,持续不断地做某事

  • The minority of drivers persist in driinking.
  • He persist in making noise.