| 释义 |
tenaciousness|tɪˈneɪʃəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being tenacious; tenacity.
1. = tenacity 1.
1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 1069 Clammy stuffe that drawes like Bird-lime, which loseth not its tenaciousnesse by drinesse nor by moysture. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 44 The tenaciousness of their cohesion..seem[s] to prove them to consist of viscous parts.
2. = tenacity 2.
1642Rogers Naaman 128 Fourthly and lastly, the Tenaciousnesse of selfe: I meane when she is put hard to it. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 122 Solidity of judgement, and tenaciousness of memory. 1786Jefferson Writ. (1859) II. 78 What I learn of the temper of my countrymen and their tenaciousness of money. 1860All Year Round No. 43. 389 Extraordinary examples of tenaciousness of life. |