perseverateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /pəːˈsɛvəɹeɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /pɚˈsɛvəˌɹeɪt/

動詞

perseverate (三人称単数 現在形 perseverates, 現在分詞 perseverating, 過去形および過去分詞形 perseverated)

1. (instransitive, chiefly psychology) To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
   • 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley 2014, p. 84:

     After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer.

2. (transitive, psychology) To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex または response).

同意語

• obsesses (excess attention または obsession)
• keep on (to repeat)
• harp (to repeat; verb)

派生語

• perseveration
• perseveratory