plug away

英 [plʌɡ əˈweɪ]

美 [plʌɡ əˈweɪ]

坚持下去；顽强地致力于（坚定而缓慢地行走）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 埋头苦干；孜孜不倦地做
  If youplug away, you keep trying very hard to do something or achieve something even though you find it difficult.
  1. My confidence is still there and I'll just keep plugging away.
     我仍有信心，会继续坚持不懈。

英英释义

verb

• persist in working hard
  1. Students must plug away at this problem
  Synonym:plug
• work doggedly or persistently
  1. She keeps plugging away at her dissertation
  Synonym:peg awayslogkeep one's nose to the grindstonekeep one's shoulder to the wheel

双语例句

• Pull ( out) the plug and let the water drain away. If a water-pipe bursts turn off the stopcock immediately.
  拔掉塞子，把水放掉.水管破裂时要立即关紧旋塞。
• She pulled the plug out of the bathtub and the dirty water ran away.
  她把浴缸的塞子拔掉，脏水流走了。
• Pull ( out) the plug and let the water drain away. The cork popped.
  拔掉塞子，把水放掉.软木塞砰的一声拔开。
• Universal Serial Bus is a kind of communication interface standard with plug and play, high scalability, high-speed stability, etc. Current PC-based USB applications tend to be mature, but some portable USB devices require being away from the PC for data communication.
  通用串行总线（USB）是一种具有即插即用、高扩展性、高速稳定等优点的通信接口标准。目前基于PC机的USB应用已趋于成熟，但一些便携式USB设备要求脱离PC机实现数据通信。
• Pull the plug and let the water drain away.
  拔掉塞子，把水放掉。
• Make this plug smaller for me, but don't whittle away too much.
  帮我把这个塞子弄小一点，但木头不要削掉太多。
• We ought to plug away the best we can.
  我们应该努力坚持工作。
• Despite the difficulty of the task, and the slowness of the progress, the workers continued to plug away at it manfully.
  尽管任务很艰巨，进展缓慢，工人们仍顽强果断地继续干着。
• ( British) a hole into which a plug fits ( especially a hole where water drains away).
  （英国）用来安装插头的孔（尤指排水孔）。水汨汨地从塞孔中流下去。
• Students must plug away at this problem.
  学生们应该努力地做这个问题。