| 单词 | tenacious |
| 释义 | tenacious (once / 1741 pages) adj Use tenacious to mean "not easily letting go or giving up," like a clingy child who has a tenacious grip on his mother's hand. A strong grip or an unyielding advocate might both be described as tenacious, a word whose synonyms include resolute, firm, and persistent. The word comes from the Latin root tenax, which means "holding fast." The basketball commentator Marv Albert, impressed by a defender's skill, once uttered the sound bite, "That's some tenacious D!" ("D" is short for "defense.") The musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass borrowed the phrase for the name of their comedy-rock band, Tenacious D. WORD FAMILYtenacious: tenaciously, tenaciousness+/tenacity: tenacious, tenacities USAGE EXAMPLESThe sophomore point guard provided tenacious defense and savvy shot-making with Lonzo Ball struggling in the first half against Kentucky. Los Angeles Times(Dec 13, 2016) No one is more tenacious than DCI Pirie, especially when she’s underestimated. Washington Post(Dec 04, 2016) Ohio State: The Buckeyes let a game slip away to a tenacious opponent in overtime after tying in dramatic fashion at the buzzer. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1adj stubbornly unyielding "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot men tenacious of opinion Syn dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, unyielding obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield 2adj sticking together tenacious burrs Syn coherent adhesive tending to adhere 3adj good at remembering tenacious memory Syn|Ant long, recollective, retentive aware, mindful bearing in mind; attentive to forgetful, short, unretentive (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range forgetful, mindless, unmindfulnot mindful or attentive |
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