词组 | persevere |
释义 | persevere Persevere is most often followed by in: • Up to this time he had persevered in his resolve not to invite her back —Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native, 1878 • This change was persevered in and afterward afforded the basis of President Jackson's assertion — The Encyclopedia Americana, 1943 • ... he may feel that to persevere in that suggestion would alienate Washington's already fluctuating affections—New Statesman & Nation, 19 Dec. 1953 • In the retail motor-gasoline business, affiliates persevered in their efforts at greater selectivity — Annual Report, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), 1970 Persevere may sometimes be used with with; although it is found in American English, it seems more often to occur in British and Commonwealth English: • ... a general exhortation to the young men and women of the country to persevere with their education —Farmer's Weekly (South Africa), 9 Dec. 1953 • ... many people would persevere with the Victorian conception of a schizophrenic culture —Robin Boyd, Meanjin (Australia), Autumn 1952 • ... his suggestion that they persevere with their medicine —A. J. Cronin, The Citadel, 1937 • ... the great Oxford English Dictionary, for instance, which no commercial publisher could have persevered with —John Russell, N.Y. Times Book Rev., 16 Apr. 1978 |
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