英语词组cling to/cling on to是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	cling to/cling on to
释义	phrasecling to/cling on to1. cling (on) to the idea/hope/belief etc to continue to have a particular idea, belief, or hope even when it seems unlikely to be true or right: He was clinging desperately to the hope that his family might be alive and safe somewhere. The government clung on to the idea of a negotiated settlement as a way out of their difficulty.■ SIMILAR TO: hold onto/on to sth2. cling (on) to the past/to tradition/to the old ways etc to continue to do something in the way you always have done because you do not want to change, even when most other people have changed: He accused me of clinging to the past, instead of looking to the future. It was a small community, which still clung on to its traditions.3. cling (on) to power to stay in a position of power with great difficulty: The reforms were seen as an attempt by the Communists to cling to power.4. cling (on) to your lead/the championship/the gold medal etc to stay ahead of the other people or teams in a competition, race etc with great difficulty: Tiger Woods managed to cling on to his lead, despite a late challenge form the Europeans.5. cling on to life to struggle to stay alive after an accident, operation etc, especially when you are very ill and likely to die: An eighteen-year-old man was still clinging to life after being shot in the head in Santa Clara.
随便看	within an inch of her life within an inch of his life within an inch of its life within an inch of life within an inch of my life within an inch of one's life within an inch of (one's) life within an inch of our life within an inch of something within an inch of something/of doing something within an inch of their life within an inch of your life within arm's reach within a stone's throw within a whisker of within a whisker of (something) within a whisker of something within bounds within call within calling distance within cooee within cooee of within cooee of it within cooee of something within cooee of (something)

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