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"