单词 | endurance |
释义 | endurance (once / 652 pages) n Endurance is the power to withstand something challenging. If you decide to run a marathon, you will need lots of endurance to run over 26 miles. The noun endurance contains endure means "suffer or undergo" and the suffix -ance means "the state of." It can be used to describe the physical strength to keep going, as in a marathon or giving birth, but it can also be used when discussing a exhausting mental situation or stressful time — the endurance to bounce back from heartbreak, perhaps. WORD FAMILYendurance: endurances+/endurable: endurably, unendurable/endure: endurable, endurance, endured, endures, enduring/enduring: enduringly, enduringness/unendurable: unendurably USAGE EXAMPLESIn 2013, a meta-analysis published on 21 randomized controlled trials showed no significant benefit to endurance, strength or the ability to jump. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) And Pry sees “an endurance guy … a warrior.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) At first, this was just another notch in the radical belt, an endurance test for a committed militant. New York Times(Jan 12, 2012) 1n a state of surviving; remaining alive Syn|Hypo|Hyper survival subsistence a means of surviving aliveness, animation, life, living the condition of living or the state of being alive 2n the power to withstand hardship or stress the marathon tests a runner's endurance Hypo|Hyper sufferance patient endurance especially of pain or distress stamina, staying power, toughnessenduring strength and energy long-sufferance, long-sufferingpatient endurance of pain or unhappiness tolerancethe power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions legsstaying power capacitytolerance for alcohol strength the property of being physically or mentally strong |
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