V-I If something undesirable persists, it continues to exist. (尤指不合意的事物) 继续存在
Contact your doctor if the cough persists.
如果持续咳嗽,就与医生联系。
V-I 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
Why do people persist in begging for money in the street?
为什么人们非要在街上讨钱呢?
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。
"But, if you wanted to make a flower garden," persisted Mary, "what would you plant?"
“但是,如果你打算建一个种花的院子,” 玛丽坚持道,“你会种什么呢?”
He persisted with his questioning.
他问个不停。
U.S.Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry was asked to explain cables he reportedly sent to President Obama last month from Kabul, questioning the wisdom of sending thousands of additional U.S.troops to Afghanistan while concerns persisted about Afghan President Hamid Karzai's leadership.
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And, Aristotle gave us this system, which persisted almost through the Middle Ages. And, Aristotle gave us this, and I'll leave you with this.
他带给我们这个系统,一直统领着我们,直到中世纪,亚里士多德给了我们这个,你们自己看吧。
In an 1850s anti-slavery speech she said, among other things, this conclusion in effect, she's answer the question now, "Why has slavery boomed and persisted and grows still?"
她在1850年反奴隶制演讲中说过,这段很精辟,在所有论述中尤为抢眼,她给出了问题的答案,"为何奴隶制度仍然能够蓬勃发展呢"
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