持久 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- durable adj Able to withstand wear, damage, or long use.
- endurance noun The ability to keep going through hardship, effort, or pain over a long time.
- stamina noun The physical or mental energy needed to keep doing something demanding over a long time.
- sustainable adj Able to be maintained or continued over a long period.
- toughness noun The quality of being resistant to breaking, wear, or damage.
Senses
持久 is used for these senses in English:
- durable Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
- endurance The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.
- stamina The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.
- sustainable Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.
- toughness (uncountable) The state of being tough.