stick to one's guns

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Of a gunner, to persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire. dated
    — Capitan Beaulieu-de-Long and his first lieutenant were both killed, several guns dismounted, and many of the [French frigate] crew killed and wounded. . . . Nevertheless the French stuck bravely to their guns, while the flame of the cannonade illuminated the scene beneath the canopy of smoke.
  2. To maintain one’s position or viewpoint when faced with opposition. broadly,figuratively
    — Ronald had stuck to his guns and refused me to the last.

词形变化

sticks to one's guns present,singular,third-person sticking to one's guns participle,present stuck to one's guns participle,past stuck to one's guns past stick by one's guns alternative
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