die hard

英 [daɪ hɑːd]

美 [daɪ hɑːrd]

(习惯或观念)难以改掉，很难摆脱

英英释义

verb

• continue to exist
  1. These stories die hard
  2. The legend of Elvis endures
  Synonym:prevailpersistrunendure

双语例句

• Like the end of Die Hard, he joked.
  就像《虎胆龙威》的结尾，他开玩笑说。
• Old habits and attitudes die hard, said a September report from the Asia Corporate Governance Association on 11 countries in the region.
  亚洲公司治理协会（AsiaCorporateGovernanceAssociation）在9月份发布的一份关于亚洲11个国家的报告中称：旧有的习惯和态度很难改变。
• It's not easy to break with old habits, for they die hard.
  改掉旧习惯很不容易，因为它很顽固。
• The state of being destroyed or becoming extinct, as a species of animal. Old conventions die hard.
  作为动物的一个物种，处于被消灭或消亡的状态。旧的习惯势力是不会轻易消亡的。
• But old habits emphasising quantity over quality die hard.
  但重视数量甚于质量的旧习惯并不容易改变。
• Such prejudices die hard.
  这些偏见很难消除。
• Bad habits die hard.; Evil practices are difficult to stop.
  恶习难改。
• Some of the old trickery has gone, but these traditions die hard.
  有些旧的诡诈花样消失了，但这些传统是不容易消亡的。
• As Jefferson had discovered earlier, however, old practices die hard.
  然而，诚如杰斐逊之前的发现，旧习难改。
• It's my habit to get up early every morning. As we know, "Habits are our second nature and die hard".
  大家都知道：“习惯已经成为我们第二本性，不容易改变的”。