| 单词 | to stay the course |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stay the course b. to stay the course: to hold out to the end of a race. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > persevere or persist [verb (intransitive)] continuec1340 perseverec1380 stick1447 to rub on1469 to stick unto ——1529 persist1531 to make it tougha1549 whilea1617 subsist1632 to rub along1668 let the world rub1677 dog1692 wade1714 to stem one's course1826 to stick in1853 to hang on1860 to worry along1871 to stay the course1885 slug1943 to slug it out1943 to bash on1950 to soldier on1954 to keep on trucking1972 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > in specific manner to make (all) the running1824 stay1834 sprint1841 to come with a wet sail1876 to stay the course1885 to sit in1952 1885 Daily Tel. 11 Nov. 3/7 Doubts are also entertained..concerning her [sc. a horse's] ability to stay the course. 1916 Times 8 May 9/1 If we are to ‘stay the course’ set before us, other sections must be prepared for greater sacrifices. 1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer i. viii. 103 ‘Do you suppose you'd still be a scholar and a gentleman?’.. ‘One will certainly have stopped being a gentleman,’ he answered. ‘One's begun to stop even now, thank heaven.’ ‘But the scholar will stay the course?’ 1966 Listener 10 Mar. 365/3 There was much to be learnt from this programme—about metal fatigue, for instance—for those who could stay the course. 1983 Verbatim 9 iv. 16/2 When President Reagan exhorted Senators and Congressmen to stay the course, the actual meaning of his words was the opposite of his intended meaning. < as lemmas |
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