cling to

基本解释

Tat: Since you don't like your perception of him, why cling to it?
既然你不喜欢你对他的这份认识，为什么还坚持这份认识呢？
Tat: Since you don’t like your perception of him, why cling to it?
乙：既然你不喜欢你对他的这份认识，为什么还坚持这份认识呢？
They must cling to that awareness in years ahead, for what they have done is only a start.
未来多年期间，他们必须坚持这种意识，因为他们迄今所做的，只是一个开始。

To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."
They cling to their electrons quite tenaciously.
它们和电子紧紧地结合在一起。
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"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit, and the silencing of dissent,know that you are on the wrong side of history -- but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."

It remains that if we cling to outdated principles—no matter how clever our models—we change nothing.
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