It takes strength to persist in the face of obstacles, when it would be much easier to simply give up.

面对困阻时，径直放弃更为容易，而坚持不懈，那需要力量。

youdao

This gap continues to persist in study after study, and I am not sure why we can’t ever seem to close it.

这一差距出现在一个接一个的研究中，我不明白为什么我们从没不去弥合它。

youdao

For the sake of discussion, let's consider what would happen if you were to persist in that inappropriate approach.

为了便于讨论，让我们考虑一下：如果坚持不正确的方法将发生什么。

youdao

And I think many parents believe that if they didn't persist in using these things their children would never learn to speak.

我相信很多父母认为,如果他们不坚持使用这些东西,他们的孩子将永远也学不会说话

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

We're trying to understand exactly what changes in your brain when you learn and how those changes persist over time to support memory. And one thing that we know which helps explain why some things are easier to remember than other is that learning is not a unitary process.

我们一直都想查明，学习的时候，大脑到底发生了什么变化，这些变化是如何长时间控制记忆的,我们都知道，学习的过程不是一元化的,这就是为什么有的东西好记，有的东西难记。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

He told delegates today that it was totally unacceptable for fuel poverty to persist in energy rich Scotland.

BBC: Alex Salmond keeps the faith

Arrangers say the stars are aligned for dividend activity to persist in the months ahead.

FORBES: Connect

But that would leave Mr Bashir sitting pretty in the north, free to persist in his dictatorial ways.

ECONOMIST: Rigged in the north, more or less fair in the south