persist: to continue to exist 继续存在
主语往往是有负面含义的事物,可以用它替换“exist”,在一些语境中用persist更准确、简洁。
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我们想说有些传统思想依然存在,比如要求女性早点结婚生子,服从丈夫和婆婆。我们就可以说:
Old traditions persist: women are still expected to marry young, bear children, and obey husbands and mothers-in-law.(这个句子中的 persist 也可以用我们之前学过的 remain 来替换,区别是 remain 本身没有负面含义。)
《经济学人》中也经常出现 persist,我们一起来看几个例子:
a) The scars of racial segregation persist.
b) Arguments persist over how to keep Israel safe.
c) Emerging evidence suggests that the consequences of mistreatment in childhood may persist down the generations, affecting a victim’s children or grand-children, even if they have experienced no abuse themselves.
在这几个句子中,persist 都可以被 remain 替换。
常用搭配:
①adv.
still, to this day 仍然持续,存留到今天:a belief that persist to this day 存留至今的信念
indefinitely 无期限地持续下去
②verb. + persist
be likely to / tend to / be allowed to
③persist + prep. for / into / through / until 持续...时间 / 持续到 / 持续整个...期间 / 持续到...为止
尽管官方予以否认,但谣言仍未平息。
The rumor persist still, although it has been officially denied.
参考翻译:Despite official denials, the rumors still persist.
still的位置?
场景:家中的儿子赡养老人的传统思想仍然存在。
造句:Old traditions persist: The son in a family should take care of their parents.