persist · verb
Sens et exemples
Continuer à faire quelque chose malgré les difficultés, l'opposition ou des échecs répétés.
She persisted with the research even after several promising sources turned out to contain no useful information.
The volunteers persisted in asking for an explanation until the committee agreed to meet them publicly.
If the method is clearly failing, persisting without reconsidering it may waste effort that could be used elsewhere.
He persisted through months of difficult practice before he could perform the piece with real confidence.
Formes
- persist base form
- persists third-person singular present
- persisted past tense; past participle
- persisting present participle