| 单词 | to keep on keeping on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep on keeping on to keep on keeping on and variants: to continue in a course of action, esp. against adversity, in the hope of eventual success; to persevere doggedly in the face of hardship or frustration. Π 1838 Amer. & Commerc. Daily Advertiser (Baltimore) 15 Sept. 2/1 She [sc. a steamboat] had a rough time of it, but ‘kept a keeping on,’ and got through it [sc. a storm] safe and snug. 1874 Every Sat. 27 June 717/2 Out of sixty publishers to whom they offered their works, not one would take anything... It is well they had courage enough, in spite of disappointments, to ‘keep on keeping on’ at their endeavours. 1946 H. C. Carlisle in Congress. Rec.: App. 92 ii. A3360/3 Keep on keeping on until all hope is gone... Keep on keeping on with your face to the dawn—No night can continue forever. 2017 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Aug. 19 It's a story about endurance... It's about how even though life can set you back quite a lot sometimes, you've got to keep on keeping on. < as lemmas |
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