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固执,不屈不挠,顽固,坚韧

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tenacity \Te*nac"i*ty\, n. [L. tenacitas: cf. F. t['e]nacit['e].
   See {Tenacious}.]
   1. The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or
      retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of
      purpose.

   2. That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting
      without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of
      attraction; -- as distinguished from brittleness,
      fragility, mobility, etc.

   3. That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other
      bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity. --Holland.

   4. (Physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can
      bear without tearing asunder, -- usually expressed with
      reference to a unit area of the cross section of the
      substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or
      kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce
      rupture.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tenacity
     n : persistent determination [syn: {doggedness}, {perseverance},
          {persistence}, {persistency}, {tenaciousness}, {pertinacity}]