persevering

/,pə:si'viəriɳ/

Thân thiện

She is a persevering student who studies diligently every evening.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Continuing in a course of action despite difficulty or delay in achieving success: Showing persistent effort and determination to accomplish something, especially when facing obstacles or challenges. 2. Characterized by steady, patient, and diligent effort: Describing someone who works with consistent and careful attention over time, often focusing on details.

Examples of Usage

• As an adjective describing a person:
  • She is a persevering student who studies every night until she understands the material.
  • The persevering researcher continued her experiments for years before making a breakthrough.
• As an adjective describing an effort or quality:
  • His persevering attitude was key to the team's eventual success.
  • Success requires persevering effort and a positive mindset.

Advanced Usage

• "Persevering in": This prepositional phrase is commonly used to specify the area or activity in which someone shows persistence.
  • He was persevering in his attempts to learn the violin.
  • They were persevering in their search for the lost dog.

Variants and Related Words

• Persevere (verb): To continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty. (e.g., )
• Perseverance (noun): The quality of continuing to try to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties. (e.g., )

Synonyms

• Persistent: Continuing firmly in a course of action in spite of difficulty.
• Tenacious: Tending to keep a firm hold of something; not readily relinquishing a position or principle.
• Diligent: Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.
• Steadfast: Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
• Determined: Having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.

Antonyms

• Quitting: The act of giving up or stopping.
• Fickle: Changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.
• Irresolute: Showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To stick with it: An informal idiom meaning to persevere.
  • Learning a language is hard, but if you stick with it, you will improve.
• To see something through: To continue with a task or project until it is completed.
  • It was a difficult project, but she was determined to see it through.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness
   • a diligent (or patient) worker
   • with persevering (or patient) industry she revived the failing business

Từ đồng nghĩa

• diligent