Tenacious

(a.) Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

(a.) Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.

(a.) Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.

(a.) Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.

(a.) Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.

(a.) Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.

艾迪整理

• The more tenacious the memory, the richer the supply of image s, the greater the powers of adaptation and survival. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• But the constitution of joint-stock companies renders them in general, more tenacious of established rules than any private copartnery. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Her affections were not acute, nor was her mind tenacious. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He is as brave as a bulldog and as tenacious as a lobster if he gets his claws upon anyone. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• After tea Shirley reads, and she is just about as tenacious of her book as she is lax of her needle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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