cling to something

(also cling on to something) phrasal verbphr v

a) BELIEVEto continue to believe or do something, even though it may not be true or useful any longer 坚持，墨守〔某事物〕

cling to the hope/belief/idea etc (that)

He clung to the hope that she would be cured.

他一直抱着她会治愈的希望。

b) to stay in a position of power or stay ahead, when this is difficult, or to try to do this 紧紧抓住〔权力等〕不放

an attempt to cling to power

试图抓住权力不放

Examples from the Corpus

cling to the hope/belief/idea etc (that)• At some level they still cling to the idea that tender loving care is the only factor in raising kids.• For the moment I cling to the idea that there are a relatively small number of cell-to-cell signals.• Reagan clung to the belief that he was not paying ransom but merely rewarding an intermediary for services rendered.• She had clung to the hope even for that length of time, but it had never happened.• They could, with one part of their mind, cling to the idea of teacher autonomy.• Ursula was clinging to the belief that Samantha would soon be released.• Will the West cling to the idea of universal worth while selfishly consuming Arab oil wealth and closing its borders to Arabs?

→ cling to something at cling(2)

词汇	cling to something
释义	cling to something cling to something (also cling on to something) phrasal verbphr v a) BELIEVEto continue to believe or do something, even though it may not be true or useful any longer 坚持，墨守〔某事物〕 cling to the hope/belief/idea etc (that) He clung to the hope that she would be cured. 他一直抱着她会治愈的希望。 b) to stay in a position of power or stay ahead, when this is difficult, or to try to do this 紧紧抓住〔权力等〕不放 an attempt to cling to power 试图抓住权力不放 Examples from the Corpus cling to the hope/belief/idea etc (that)• At some level they still cling to the idea that tender loving care is the only factor in raising kids.• For the moment I cling to the idea that there are a relatively small number of cell-to-cell signals.• Reagan clung to the belief that he was not paying ransom but merely rewarding an intermediary for services rendered.• She had clung to the hope even for that length of time, but it had never happened.• They could, with one part of their mind, cling to the idea of teacher autonomy.• Ursula was clinging to the belief that Samantha would soon be released.• Will the West cling to the idea of universal worth while selfishly consuming Arab oil wealth and closing its borders to Arabs? → cling to something at cling(2)
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