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单词 pertinacious
释义 per·ti·na·cious
\|pərtən|āshəs, |pə̄t-, |pəit-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin pertinac-, pertinax (from per- thoroughly, completely + -tinac-, -tinax, from tenac-, tenax tenacious) + English -ious — more at per-, tenacious
1. : marked by an unyieldingly persistent fixedness (as of opinion, purpose, action) that is often annoyingly perverse in fact or in appearance : stubbornly inflexible
 < a pertinacious opponent >
 < pertinacious opinions >
2. : hard to get rid of : doggedly tenacious: as
 a. : that resolutely or obstinately continues to last : not easily dislodged or dismissed or brought to an end
  < many years of pertinacious advertising — Berton Roueché >
  < the theater … is a pertinacious institution, always confounding the prophets who announce from time to time that it is about to die — John Brophy >
  < pertinacious curiosity >
 b. : that resolutely or obstinately persists in asking or demanding : refusing to be put off or denied : importunate
  < a pertinacious beggar >
  < pertinacious creditors >
 c. : stubbornly unshakable
  < when the danger was so obvious that all but the most pertinacious optimists or partisans were silent — D.W.Brogan >
 d. : that resists treatment
  < a pertinacious fever >
Synonyms: see obstinate
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