endurance

noun

/ɪnˈdjʊərəns/

/ɪnˈdʊrəns/

[uncountable]

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the ability to continue doing something painful or difficult for a long period of time without giving up
- He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness.
- This event tests both physical and mental endurance.
- The task was a test of their powers of endurance.
- beyond endurance They were humiliated beyond endurance.
- The party turned out to be more of an endurance test than a pleasure.
Extra Examples
- Heavy manual work calls for strength and endurance.
- Running a marathon is seen by many as the ultimate test of endurance.
- She showed great endurance in the face of pain.
- She was almost at the limits of her endurance.
- Swimming a little farther each session will build endurance.
- The astronauts will undergo a series of trials to test their physical and mental endurance in space.
- They are capable of amazing feats of endurance.
- This behaviour is beyond endurance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- great
- long
- remarkable
- …
verb + endurance
- have
- show
- test
- …
endurance + noun
- test
- exercise
- training
- …
preposition
- beyond endurance
phrases
- a feat of endurance
- the limit of your endurance
- the limits of your endurance
- …
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘continued existence, ability to last’; formerly also as indurance): from Old French, from endurer ‘make hard’, from Latin indurare ‘harden’, from in- ‘in’ + durus ‘hard’.

单词	endurance
释义	endurance noun /ɪnˈdjʊərəns/ /ɪnˈdʊrəns/ [uncountable] jump to other results the ability to continue doing something painful or difficult for a long period of time without giving up He showed remarkable endurance throughout his illness. This event tests both physical and mental endurance. The task was a test of their powers of endurance. beyond endurance They were humiliated beyond endurance. The party turned out to be more of an endurance test than a pleasure. Extra Examples Heavy manual work calls for strength and endurance. Running a marathon is seen by many as the ultimate test of endurance. She showed great endurance in the face of pain. She was almost at the limits of her endurance. Swimming a little farther each session will build endurance. The astronauts will undergo a series of trials to test their physical and mental endurance in space. They are capable of amazing feats of endurance. This behaviour is beyond endurance. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective great long remarkable … verb + endurance have show test … endurance + noun test exercise training … preposition beyond endurance phrases a feat of endurance the limit of your endurance the limits of your endurance … See full entry Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘continued existence, ability to last’; formerly also as indurance): from Old French, from endurer ‘make hard’, from Latin indurare ‘harden’, from in- ‘in’ + durus ‘hard’.
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