perseverance

詳細解釋：

per.se.ver.ance

n.（名詞）
Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness.
百折不撓，堅定不移：對行動、信仰或目標的堅持；堅定
Theology The Calvinistic doctrine that those who have been chosen by God will continue in a state of grace to the end and will finally be saved.
【神學】 持續蒙恩：宣稱被上帝選中的人直到死都會得到恩賜並且最後還能獲得拯救的加爾文教義

<參考辭彙><同義詞>perseverance,persistence,tenacity,pertinacityEach of these nouns means steadfast singleness of purpose, as in the pursuit of a goal, despite difficulties or obstacles.
這些名詞都表示當在追求目標過程中遇到了困難或障礙時意向堅定、專一的意思。
Perseverance suggests praiseworthy and enduring patience:
Perseverance 表明值得讚揚的、堅持到底的耐性：
例句：
.`Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause,—and of obstinacy in a bad one. (Laurence Sterne).
.大家都知道，毅力用於褒義而頑固用於貶義. （勞倫斯·斯頓）。

例句：
.Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance. (Samuel Johnson).
.偉大的作品不是靠力量而是靠毅力來完成的. （塞繆米·詹森）。

Persistence always implies firm resolvebut may connote an obstinate, annoying quality:
Persistence 常表示堅定的作法，但也可能表示固執、令人惱怒的品質：
例句：
.Persistence and courage are the most womanly no less than the most manly qualities. (Margaret Fuller).
.毅力和勇氣就象適用男性一樣適用女性. （瑪格麗特·夫樂爾）。

Tenacity and especiallypertinacity suggest stubborn, often perverse persistence:
Tenacity 尤其是pertinacity 意指頑固， 常常指剛愎自用的頑固：
例句：
.The Scots fought with desperate tenacity. (John Morley).
.蘇格蘭人進行絕望的頑抗. （約韓·莫里）。

例句：
.Again and again . . . with the inexorable pertinacity of a child intent upon some object important to itself, did he renew his efforts. (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
.一次又一次…憑著孩童對某些本身重要的目標所持有的不屈不撓的頑強，他重新開始了努力. （納撒尼爾·霍斯隆）