英语词汇“tenacious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	tenacious
释义	te·na·cious \tə̇ˈnāshəs also teˈn-\ adjective Etymology: Latin tenac-, tenax tending to hold fast (from tenēre to hold) + English -ious — more at thin 1. a. : having parts or elements strongly adhering to each other : not easily pulled apart : cohesive, tough < her ships provided a slender, but very tenacious, link between East and West — R.W.Southern > < a tenacious metal > b. : tending to adhere to another substance : adhesive, sticky, viscous < slippers stuck fast in the tenacious yellow clay and were nearly dragged off my feet — Mary S. Broome > < tenacious sputum > 2. a. : holding fast or tending to hold fast : persistent in maintaining or adhering to something valued or habitual (as an opinion, purpose, way of life) < a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it — T.S.Eliot > < here … men are slow of speech, tenacious of opinion, and averse … to innovation of any sort — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > b. : retentive < combined an encyclopedic knowledge with a tenacious memory — C.M.Fuess > 3. : not yielding : obstinate, stubborn < men are more tenacious dieters than women — Newsweek > < the transition to a new theory is seldom easy; old ideas are apt to be tenacious — J.B.Conant > Synonyms: see strong
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