中文解釋

【解釋】：鍥：鏤刻;舍：停止。不斷地鏤刻。比喻有恒心，有毅力。

【出自】：《荀子·勸學》：“鍥而舍之，朽木不折;鍥而不舍，金石可鏤。”

【示例】：夫固謂一人～，則行美于本性矣。

◎章炳麟《菌說》

【語法】：偏正式;作謂語、定語、狀語;含褒義

中英例句

麥肯納說，這名搶劫犯的瘋狂行為顯示出“一定程度的鍥而不舍”。

The robber&39;s spree shows "a certain amount of perseverance," said thomas w. mckenna, a retired first-grade detective with the new york police.

聯想這種鍥而不舍的擴張很可能會持續下去。

This dogged expansion is likely to continue.

這位鍥而不舍的總統無疑還會不懈努力，而且在一段時間內，他這么做是正確的。

The persevering president will no doubt keep plugging away and for a while will be right to do so.

奧巴馬表示，在自己和周圍人身上，他最欣賞的智性特征是實用主義和鍥而不舍。

The intellectual traits that mr obama says he most prizes in himself and those around him are pragmatism and perseverance.

許多人會說，布什也曾經鍥而不舍，甚至達到了愚蠢固執的程度，但從沒有人認為他是個實用主義者。

Many would say that mr bush also had perseverance, carried to the point of dull-witted obstinacy, but nobody ever accused him of pragmatism.