staunch
staunch 英 [stɔ:ntʃ] 美 [stɔntʃ, stɑntʃ]
adj. 坚定的；忠诚的；坚固的 vt. 止住；止血
进行时:staunching 过去式:staunched 过去分词:staunched 第三人称单数:staunches 比较级:stauncher 最高级:staunchest
- As an adjective, staunch means firm. You might want to go to that concert Friday night, but your parents' staunch opposition prevents you.
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- adj. 坚定的；忠诚的；坚固的
- vt. 止住；止血
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1. Messy rescues of Citigroup and Bank of America have failed to staunch their losses.
对花旗和美洲银行棘手的营救并没有止住他们的亏损。
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2. But he acknowledged he still has a long way to go to win over staunch conservatives.
但是他承认，要把坚定的保守派争取过来，还有很长的一段路要走。
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3. It's that staunch belief that when I love what I do, success has to come.
我有着一个坚定的信念，那就是当我热爱我所做的工作时，成功自然而然就来了。
- staunch (adj.) early 15c., "impervious to water," from Old French estanche "firm, watertight," fem. of estanc "tired, exhausted, wearied, vanquished; water-tight; withered, dried" (Modern French étanche), from Vulgar Latin *stanticare (source also of Spanish estanco "water-tight," Italian stanco "exhausted, weary"), probably from Latin stans (genitive stantis), present participle of stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." Sense of "strong, substantial" first recorded mid-15c.; of persons, "standing firm and true to one's principles" from 1620s.
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