dogged
英 [dɒɡd , ˈdɒɡɪd] 美 [dɔːɡd , ˈdɔːɡɪd]
【褒义词】顽强的、坚持不懈的、下定决心的
- 成功需要坚持不懈的努力。
Success requires dogged effort.
（拓展学习：熟词僻义 | dog 能带来怎样的困扰？）
mulish
英 [ˈmjuːlɪʃ] 美 [ˈmjuːlɪʃ]
执拗的、顽固的、犟的
- He's a very headstrong and mulish person most of the time, but underneath I think he's quite vulnerable.
他大多数时候是个非常倔强和刚愎自用的人，但我想他骨子里是很脆弱的。
badger
英 [ˈbædʒə(r)] 美 [ˈbædʒər]
獾（挖洞居住，夜间活动）；纠缠、烦扰（反复提出问题或要求）
- She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him to do something.
她屡屡缠着她的医生不放，求他做点什么。 - Every time we go into a shop, the kids badger me to buy them sweets.
每次去商店，孩子们总是缠着我给他们买些糖果。
ape
英 [eɪp] 美 [eɪp]
类人猿；【英式英语】（尤指笨拙地）模仿、学……的样子；【美式英语】（为了取笑）学……的样、模仿
- Modelling yourself on someone you admire is not the same as aping all they say or do.
以偶像为榜样并不是说要模仿他们的一言一行。 - He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions.
他称这座新楼的风格毫无新意，并说它只不过是对古典传统建筑的拙劣模仿。
crow
英 [krəʊ] 美 [kroʊ]
乌鸦；（像雄鸡的）啼叫声、喔喔叫声；（尤指雄鸡在清晨）啼叫、打鸣；（尤指在其他人不成功时）扬扬自得地夸口、自鸣得意
- We were woken at dawn by a cock crowing repeatedly.
黎明时，我们被一阵阵的鸡啼声吵醒。 - He's always crowing about his latest triumph.
他老是吹嘘他最近取得的成功。
slothful
英 [ˈsləʊθfl] 美 [ˈsloʊθfl]
【正式用语】懒散的、怠惰的
- He was not slothful: he had been busy all night.
他可不懒，昨晚他忙了整整一夜。
waspish
英 [ˈwɒspɪʃ] 美 [ˈwɑːspɪʃ]
【正式用语】尖刻的、刻毒的；暴躁的、易怒的
- She had a waspish tongue which could hurt.
她说话尖刻，容易伤人。
