pertinacious

a. 坚持不放的, 执拗的, 顽固的, 顽强的, (疾病)难以治好的

发音

UK /ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs/
其它
US /pɝtn̩ˈeɪʃəs/

词形变化

more pertinacious 比较级 most pertinacious 最高级

别名

pertinaceous

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Holding tenaciously to an opinion or purpose.

  2. 2.

    Stubbornly resolute or tenacious.

    [O]ne of the Dissenters, which I could, but forbear, to name appeared to Dr. Sanderson to be so bold, so troublesome, and so illogical in the dispute, as forced patient Dr. Sanderson, who was then Bishop of Lincoln, and a moderator with other Bishops, to say, with an unusual earnestness, "That he had never met with a man of more pertinacious confidence, and less abilities, in all his conversation."

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

persistent tenacious dogged unyielding dour

近义相关 3

stubborn obstinate unregenerate

词源

From pertinace + -ious, from Old French pertinace, from Latin pertinax, from per- (“very”) + tenax (“tenacious”).

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