| 单词 | dogged |
| 释义 | dogged (once / 844 pages) adj Someone who's dogged is stubbornly persistent. In the old Looney Tunes cartoons, Wile E. Coyote's pursuit of the Road Runner is dogged. He simply will not give up. You can see the word dog within the word dogged. It's no trick. If you're dogged, you are as obstinate and tenacious as a dog who smells a bone. An earlier definition of this adjective was more general, meaning "having the qualities of a dog." Today, though, if someone describes you as dogged, they simply mean that you won't stop until you get what you want. WORD FAMILYdogged: doggeder, doggedly, doggedness+/dog: dogged, dogging, doglike, dogs USAGE EXAMPLESEven before the latest in a series of injuries that have dogged his campaign, Evans’ role had been diminished. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) Smith became a dogged pursuer of information about the company, looking far and wide. Los Angeles Times(Nov 26, 2016) One question in particular has dogged some early social-impact bond programs: how to measure whether they are successful. Los Angeles Times(Nov 25, 2016) adj stubbornly unyielding dogged persistence Syn dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
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