If he doesn't persist in trying again and again and make a breakthrough, thus he will stay still, no progress.

如果他没有坚持不断地努力和突破，他将会保持静止状态，没有进步。

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In a country where much of the population is younger than 30, few Iranians personally remember the events of 1953, he conceded, but national memories still persist.

CNN: Iran's attacks on UK tap into centuries of suspicion