首页英语词典tenacioustenacious英英释意

tenacious

英 [tɪ'neɪʃəs] 美[tə'neʃəs]
  • adj. 顽强的;坚韧的;固执的;紧握的;黏着力强的

英英释意


1. stubbornly unyielding;
"dogged persistence"
"dour determination"
"the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"
"a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot
"men tenacious of opinion"
2. (of memory) having greater than average range;
"a long memory especially for insults"
"a tenacious memory"
3. sticking together;
"two coherent sheets"
"tenacious burrs"