【英语学习】【WOTD】tenacious 释义/词源/示例

浅浅的花香味﹌ 2022-01-29 00:55 243阅读 0赞

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*  Podcast
 *  tenacious \*adj.\* \[tuh-NAY-shus\]
 *  Definition
 *  Did You Know?
 *  Examples

# Podcast #

[tenacious podcast][]

# tenacious *adj.* \[tuh-NAY-shus\] #

adj. 抓紧的；坚决的；(记忆力)强的

# Definition #

1 a: not easily pulled apart : cohesive  
   a: 不容易分离：同义词，cohesive 粘性的，结核性的

b: tending to adhere or cling especially to another substance  
   b：有附着倾向的，尤其是粘附到其他物质上。

2: persistent in maintaining, adhering to, or seeking something valued or desired  
2：在维持，坚持，或者寻找有价值的或者想要的物品方面，坚持不懈的

3: retentive  
3：记性好的，有保持力的

# Did You Know? #

For the more than 400 years that *tenacious* has been a part of the English language, it has adhered closely to its Latin antecedent: *tenax*, an adjective meaning “tending to hold fast.” Almost from the first, *tenacious* could suggest either literal adhesion or figurative stick-to-itiveness. Sandburs are tenacious, and so are athletes who don’t let defeat get them down. We use *tenacious* of a good memory, too — one that has a better than average capacity to hold information. But you can also have too much of a good thing. The addition in Latin of the prefix *per-* (thoroughly") to *tenax* led to the English word *pertinacious*, meaning “perversely persistent.” You might use *pertinacious* for the likes of rumors and telemarketers, for example.

词源词根演化：*tenax* (“tending to hold fast”) —> tenacious (*adj.*)

tenacious这个词在英语中已经“坚守了”超过400年了，也紧密地粘附着它的拉丁祖先：*tenax*，一个形容词，意思是“倾向于紧紧握着的”。几乎从一开始，tenacious就暗示着字面上的粘附，或者比喻意义上的坚韧不拔。蒺藜草很顽固粘人，但是运动员们更加坚韧不拔，不会被困难打败。我们也用tenacious来形容记忆力强 — 具有比平均水平更能保持信息的能力的人。 对于好事也有可能太过了，在*tenax*前加上拉丁前缀*per-* (“完全地”)，产生了英语单词pertinacious，意思是“perversely persistent 顽固不化地倔强（有点贬义了）”。可以对 流言蜚语者或者电话推销员 使用pertinacious这个词贬损他们一下下。

注：stick-to-itiveness：坚韧不拔，毅力，耐力；sandbur：（=sandbunr）蒺藜草；perversely：倔强地；telemarketer：电话推销员

# Examples #

*  Once Linda has decided on a course of action, she can be very *tenacious* when it comes to seeing it through.  
    一旦Linda决定行动路线，就会坚持到底，不完成就决不罢休。
 *  “The demands on the men were extreme — no sleep, long distance to trek, limited supplies and a *tenacious* enemy are enough to test the cohesion of even the most disciplined teams.”  
    — **Capt. Garrison Haning**, *Army Magazine*, 1 Apr. 2019  
    对军人的要求是极限的 — 没有睡觉休息，长途跋涉，有限的补给，坚持的敌人，即便是对于最有纪律的队伍，这些也都是对队伍凝聚力的严峻考验。

[tenacious podcast]: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/7fb8e6da-c748-4f9b-80be-60280ba8770e.mp3