dogged
dogged 英 [ˈdɒgɪd] 美 [ˈdɔgɪd]
adj. 顽强的
- Someone who's dogged is stubbornly persistent. In the old Looney Tunes cartoons, Wile E. Coyote's pursuit of the Road Runner is dogged. He simply will not give up.
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- adj. 顽强的
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1. dogged determination, dogged persistence
顽强的决心╱毅力
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2. their dogged defence of the city
他们对城市的严防死守
- dogged (adj.) "having the qualities of a dog" (mostly in a negative sense), c. 1300, from dog (n.). Meaning "persistent" is from 1779. Hence doggedly (late 14c.), "cruelly, maliciously;" later "with a dog's persistence" (1773). Related: Doggedness.
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