Dictionary entry
Persist
Pronunciation: /pəˈsɪst/
Pronunciation
/pəˈsɪst/
Myanmar Meaning
(v) ရှိမြဲရှိသည်။ ဆက်လက်ရှိသည်။
Definition
persist /pǝ'sÇst/ v ၁။ ~ (in sth/ in doing sth/ with sth ) ဇြတ္လုပ္သည္။ မေလွ်ာ့တမ္း ေပလုပ္သည္။ If you persist, you will annoy them even more. ❍ He will persist in wearing that dreadful tie. ❍ She persists in the belief/ in believing that she is being persecuted. ❍ They persisted with the agricultural reforms, despite opposition from the farmers. ၂။ ရိွၿမဲရိွသည္။ ဆက္လက္ရိွသည္။ Fog will persist throughout the night. You should seek medical advice if the pain persists. ❏ persistence /-ǝns/ n [U] ၁။ မဆုတ္မနစ္ ႀကိဳးပမ္းမႈ။ His persistence was rewarded when they finally agreed to resume discussions. ၂။ က်န္ေနျခင္း။ ဆက္လက္တည္ရိွျခင္း။ The doctor couldn't explain the persistence of the high temperature. ❏ persistent /-ǝnt/ adj ၁။ မရမေန ဇြဲေကာင္းေသာ။ She eventually' married the most persistent of her admirers. ၂။ (က) မစဲေသာ။ ဆက္တိုက္။ presistent noise/ rain/ pain ❍ persistent questioning. (ခ) မၾကာခဏ ေပၚေပါက္ ေသာ။ ထပ္တလဲလဲ။ persistent attacks of coughing ❍ Despite persistent denials, the rumour continued to spread. persistently adv
Examples
- ‘But why?’ he persisted.
- [persist with] : They are determined to persist with their campaign.
- [persist in] : She persisted in her refusal to pay.
- [persist in doing something] : Why do you persist in denying that it was your fault?
- Call your doctor if the symptoms persist for more than three days.