perseverateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

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

動詞

perseverate (third-person singular simple present perseverates, present participle perseverating, simple past and past participle perseverated)

1. (intransitive, 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, published 2014, page 84:

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

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

同意語

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

派生語

関連する語

• perseveration
• perseveratory