persist

🇬🇧/pəˈsɪst/ 🇺🇸/pərˈsɪst/📚 4397 134 2四级六级考研托福雅思
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)
单词造句:

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.