| 词汇 | stick at something |
| 释义 | stick at somethingstick at something phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE a) CONTINUE/NOT STOPto continue doing something in a determined way in order to achieve something 坚持不懈地做 Revising with your friends may help you stick at it. 和朋友一起温习功课也许能帮助你坚持下去。 b) stick at nothing informalDO something/TAKE ACTION to be willing to do anything, even if it is illegal, in order to achieve something 〔为了做成某事〕无所顾忌，不择手段 stick at nothing to do something He will stick at nothing to make money. 为了赚钱，他会不择手段。 Examples from the Corpus stick at • From 1981 to 1989, the minimum wage was stuck at $ 3. 35 an hour.• He cleans the dip-stick under his armpit and tells us the car has more faults than he could shake a stick at.• The National Statistics Centre could have provided him with more information than he could shake a stick at.• They poke burning sticks at me.• So Knapman, an indigent, is stuck at the hospital trying to figure a way out of the mess.• Then, all of a sudden, the futility of getting stuck at the lumber mill, like Granddad, hit me.• I was still stuck at the thought of a man pleading for this.• Its accounts, however accurate at this level, remain stuck at this preliminary stage of scientific enquiry. stick at it• If going along to a group on a regular basis helps you to stick at it - do it. → stick at something at stick1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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