pertinaciousness
/pur-tn-ey-shuhs/US // ˌpɜr tnˈeɪ ʃəs //UK // (ˌpɜːtɪˈneɪʃəs) //
中肯性,中肯,中性,中肯的
Related Words
attentive殷勤,贴心,贴心的,殷勤的determined决心,坚定的,坚定不移,坚定不移地dogged执着的,执着,艰难的,坚定不移persistent持久性,持续性的,持久的,顽固的tenacious坚韧,坚韧不拔,顽强,坚韧的insistent执着的,执着,顽固的,坚持不懈地perverse反常的,反常,乖张,悖逆的stubborn顽固的,顽固,倔强,倔强的firm公司,坚定的,坚实的,坚固的headstrong刚愎自用,刚强,强势,强硬inflexible僵硬的,僵硬,僵化的,僵化obstinate倔强,倔强的,顽固的,顽固resolute果断,坚毅的,坚毅,坚定的unshakable不动摇,不可动摇,坚定不移,不可动摇的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- : stubborn or obstinate.
- : extremely or objectionably persistent: a pertinacious salesman from whom I could not escape.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
As it was useless arguing with so pertinacious a disputant we were compelled humbly to submit.
The old man was pertinacious, and many whispers had to be made into Barry's ear before the matter could be settled.
Carlyle attributes his defeat and downfall to his pertinacious pursuit of a shallow logic to its utmost consequences.
"There never was a man played his game worse," resumed St. George, who with a pertinacious persistence continued the topic.
History cannot produce another instance of a struggle so prolonged and so pertinacious.
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