v.坚持( persist的第三人称单数 );维持;保持;持续存在;
例句:
If you persists in causing trouble, I will dismiss you.
如果你执意捣乱, 我将解雇你.
The silence in the room persists.
室内依旧是一片死寂.
Yet belief in its existence still persists among the public.
不过这种说法在公众当中还大有市场.