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持续 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • persist verb To continue doing something despite difficulty or opposition.
  • resume verb To start something again after it was paused or interrupted.

Senses

持续 is used for these senses in English:

  • go on (intransitive) To continue an action.
  • keep up (transitive, idiomatic) To continue with (work, etc).
  • persist (intransitive) To continue to exist.
  • resume (transitive) To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. [from 15th c.]

persist — full definition

  1. verb To continue doing something despite difficulty or opposition.
  2. verb To continue existing.

resume — full definition

  1. verb To start something again after it was paused or interrupted.
  2. noun A written summary of a person's work history and qualifications.

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