詞彙精選：cling的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
粘緊，附着，緊貼 [I]
例句：
The fused particles cling together.
熔化的微粒子粘在一起。
例句：
The tendrils of a vine cling to their support.
葡萄藤纏附在它們的支柱上。
堅持，墨守 [I]
例句：
They must cling to that awareness in years ahead, for what they have done is only a start.
未來多年期間，他們必須堅持這種意識，因爲他們迄今所做的，只是一個開始。
例句：
Some people still cling to the old customs and beliefs.
有些人仍然墨守舊習慣和信仰。
依戀，依附於 [T]
例句：
If you let a baby grasp a rod and try to pull it away, he will cling more and more tightly until his whole weight is suspended.
如果你讓一個嬰兒抓住一根竿子，然後試着把竿子抽出來，孩子就會越抓越緊，直到他們整個重量都依附於此。
例句：
Neither within him nor without does he find anything to cling to.
他在自己的內心和外界都無法找到可依附的東西。
二、詞義辨析：
insist,persist,persevere,adhere,cling
這些動詞均有“堅持”之意。insist通常用於對意見、主張等的堅持。persist用於褒義指堅持繼續做某事，但更常用於貶義，指不聽勸告，頑固堅持。persevere含褒義，強調堅持不懈的努力。adhere與to連用，指堅持意見、計劃或承諾等，含堅持不懈之意。cling和to連用，指對信仰、意見、習慣等的堅持。
三、相關短語：
cling to
v.1.挨着，碰着（某物）2.緊抓，緊附，緊偎（某人）3.保留，保存（某物）4.堅持，忠於（某觀念、信條等）
cling film
n. 食品薄膜
四、參考例句：
The fused particles cling together.
熔化的微粒子粘在一起。
Wet clothes cling to the body.
溼衣服貼身。
Little children always cling to their mothers.
小孩子總是粘着母親。
They cling to the old prejudices.
他們死抱着陳舊的偏見不放。
The tendrils of a vine cling to their support.
葡萄藤纏附在它們的支柱上。
Some people still cling to the old customs and beliefs.
有些人仍然墨守舊習慣和信仰。
It is dangerous to cling to outdated ideas and theories.
堅持過時的觀點和理論是很危險的。
Don t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would cling to your life, for without them, life is meaningless.
與你內心最貼近的東西，切莫等閒視之。要像堅守生命一樣堅守住它們，因爲失去它們，生活就會毫無意義。
They should cling to the kernels, and the kernels should be plump.
玉米鬚應該要連着玉米粒，而玉米粒應該是飽滿的。
Neither within him nor without does he find anything to cling to.
他在自己的內心和外界都無法找到可依附的東西。
