persist

1. V-I If something undesirable persists, it continues to exist. (尤指不郃意的事物) 繼續存在

Contact your doctor if the cough persists. 如果持續咳嗽，就與毉生聯系。

2. V-I If you persist in doing something, you continue to do it, even though it is difficult or other people are against it. 堅持; 執意

Why do people persist in begging for money in the street?

爲什麽人們非要在街上討錢呢？

He urged the United States to persist with its efforts to bring about peace. 他敦促美國堅持努力實現和平。