tenacious

１．今日の単語は tenacious です。ポジティブ？ネガティブ？どちらにもとれる？どんな意味か、例文から予想してみましょう。

Carl Levin remembered as tenacious advocate who stood for what was right – Friends and colleagues of Sen. Carl Levin, the longest-serving U.S. senator in Michigan history who died Thursday at age 87, remembered him as a tenacious advocate, kind colleague and devoted family man who deeply loved his home state.  (from Detroit News)

正義の味方

‘A tenacious leader with a tender heart’: Community mourns Melanie Walker – Local business leader Melanie Walker died unexpectedly last weekend at 62. Walker tended to make an impact anywhere she went — at many levels and across several communities. She was appointed president of TASUS Corp., the Bloomington-based extension of Japan’s Tsuchiya Co. Ltd., in 1994. Under Walker’s leadership, the company served as a hub for Tsuchiya’s growing presence in the U.S., and she became CEO of Tsuchiya’s North American group of companies.  (From the Herald Times)

訃報が続いてしまいました。tenacious なリーダーだった。日本にもゆかりがありました。

‘Tenacious, Remarkable, Outstanding’: PM’s Praise For Ravi Kumar Dahiya On Olympic Silver – New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi today praised wrestler Ravi Kumar Dahiya on winning Silver medal in Tokyo Olympic 2021. PM Narendra Modi Tweeted: “Ravi Kumar Dahiya is a remarkable wrestler! His fighting spirit and tenacity are outstanding.” (from NDTV)

銀メダリスト。この方にかぎらずすべてのアスリートが tenacious だと思います。

The baby took my finger in its tenacious little fist.

赤ちゃんが小さなこぶしで指をぎゅっと握ってくることありますよね。

There has been tenacious local opposition to the new airport.

新しい空港建設には地元からの tenacious な反対がある。

She is very tenacious and will work hard to long to achieve objectives.

目標達成のために tenacious に頑張る彼女。

He is regarded at the BBC as a tenacious and persistent interviewer.

tenacious と persistent 似ています。

２．意味はわかったと思います。では、いつものように英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認してみましょう。

holding tight onto something

keeping an opinion in a determined way

unwilling to accept defeat or stop doing or having something

if you are tenacious, you are very determined and do not give up easily

if you describe something such as an idea or belief as tenacious, you mean that it has a strong influence on people and is difficult to change or remove

粘り強い

強固な

執拗な

今日の単語は

tenacious 粘り強い

でした

1か月前の単語は、、、https://himekurieitango/prod 意味は、ツンツンつつく、促す