remain faithful to or in favor of an idea, etc.
Noun:
fruit especially peach whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit
Verb:
come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation;The dress clings to her body
The label stuck to the box
The sushi rice grains cohere
to remain emotionally or intellectually attached;He clings to the idea that she might still love him.
hold on tightly or tenaciously;hang on to your father's hands
The child clung to his mother's apron
v.动词
cling, cohere, stick这组词都含有“牢固地附在…上”的意思。其区别是：
stick指一个人或一个物体依附于另一个,也指互相依存; cohere强调粘成一片或连成一个统一的整体; cling一般指依附另一个人或另一物体,暗示必须受到支持、支撑。例如:
His wet shirt clung to his body.湿衬衫紧紧贴在他的身上。
Do his religious and political beliefs cohere?他的宗教信仰和政治信仰是否一致?insist，persist，persevere，adhere，cling这些动词均有“坚持”之意。
insist通常用于对意见、主张等的坚持。
persist用于褒义指坚持继续做某事，但更常用于贬义，指不听劝告，顽固坚持。
persevere含褒义，强调坚持不懈的努力。
adhere与to连用，指坚持意见、计划或承诺等，含坚持不懈之意。
cling和to连用，指对信仰、意见、习惯等的坚持。
stick，glue，adhere，cling，cohere这些动词均有“粘着、附着”之意。
stick常指用胶水或浆糊粘贴，词义引申指坚持。
glue与stick的本义相同，指用胶水把东西粘合在一起，没有“坚持”的含义。
adhere正式用词，语气较严肃刻板，既可指物体粘在一起，也可指坚持信仰或忠于事业等。
cling着重靠缠绕、紧抱、紧抓等方式而形成密切关系。也可作引申用。
cohere指物质微粒粘合在一起，成为不可分离的整体，强调所形成新物体的不可分割性。可引申指逻辑上的前后一致。
用作动词 v.
～+副词cling desperately不顾一切地坚持cling persistently执著地坚持; 顽固地墨守cling tenaciously固执己见cling tightly牢牢地抓住cling together粘在一起～+介词cling on the trees粘在树上cling onto one's mother紧紧抱住妈妈cling onto old fashioned ideas墨守陈旧的观点cling to one's body紧贴于某人身上cling to the hope始终抱着希望cling to one's mother's arm紧握母亲的胳臂cling to the wall贴墙生长
用作动词v.
cling to v.+prep.
坚持,忠于某观念、信条等( keep; remain loyal to sth or faithful to sb)
cling together v.+adv.
指两个以上的人互相忠诚 be loyal to one another
近义词 glue胶hug拥抱hold拿着grip紧握hang悬挂stick手杖grasp把握adhere遵守clutch抓住retain保持attach附上cohere粘合cleave裂开insist坚持hang on抓紧hold to固执keep to坚持persist坚持maintain维持adhesion粘合depend on依赖persevere坚持clingstone粘核桃fit tightly紧密配合be dependent on取决于latch onto注意听理解…
用作动词v.S+～+ADewdrops were still clinging on the trees.露珠仍沾在树上。
The smell of the onions clings.洋葱味经久不散。
v.动词
cling的基本意思是臂状物、根须等悬着依附于某物,引申可表示固执地把持住所占有的或使用的东西,也可表示独立存在的事物所需要的支持。
cling是不及物动词,表示“粘在一起”时,接副词together; 表示“依附于…”时,接介词to。
cling的过去式、过去分词均为clung。
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用作不及物动词The wet clothesclungto his body.湿衣服紧贴在他身上。
Heclungto my arm.他紧抓着我的胳膊。
Sheclungto the hope that her son was not dead.她坚信她儿子还活着。
We should cling to our principles.我们应该坚持自己的原则。用作名词The droid used his magnetized rollers to cling tenaciously to the chromed surface of the ship while deadly turbolaser blasts rained overhead.在致命的雷射光炮不停地打落在太空船上时，他用具有磁性的滚轮紧抓住舰艇铬制的表面。
This emerging portrait of magical thinking helps explain why people who fashion themselves skeptics cling to odd rituals that seem to make no sense.魔法思考的形貌逐渐浮现，有助于解释为何自认是怀疑论者的人，还紧抓著看似无意义的古怪内心仪式不放。 There is even US Federal legislation Clinger- Cohen Act,1996 that requires federal agencies to adopt an investment approach to IT.
甚至存在要求联邦机构采用对于 IT的投资方法的美国联邦法规 Clinger- Cohen Act,1996。 ibm