| 单词 | doggedly |
| 释义 | doggedly (once / 2054 pages) adv The adverb doggedly means tenaciously or with strong determination. If your dog ran away, you might doggedly pursue him across the park, down the road, and through the woods. Doggedly is the adverb form of the adjective dogged. In the 1300s, both words meant having the negative qualities of a dog, or mean and cruel. By the late 1700s, both had evolved to mean persistent and with determination. If you doggedly insisted on your innocence, despite the evidence linking you to your brother's missing baseball mitt, you might then search doggedly for the mitt, not stopping until you found it in the dog house. WORD FAMILYdogged: doggeder, doggedly, doggedness+/dog: dogged, dogging, doglike, dogs USAGE EXAMPLESFences functions as a faithful—sometimes doggedly faithful—record of a remarkable ensemble performance of one of the great works of American drama. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) “Brave Americans doggedly pursued the return of Troy Gilbert,” says Robin Rand, a four-star Air Force general. Time(Dec 19, 2016) After doggedly pursuing Mr. Domingo for several years, Mr. Okun persuaded him to record the romantic pop album “Perhaps Love” with Mr. Denver. New York Times(Nov 20, 2016) adv with obstinate determination he pursued her doggedly Syn tenaciously |
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