cling on to
phrasal verbcling to something | cling on to something
- to be unwilling to lose something or stop doing something
不愿放弃；坚持 - Throughout the trial she had clung to the belief that he was innocent.
在整个审判中，她都坚信他是清白的。 - He had one last hope to cling on to.
他还抱着最后的一线希望。 - She managed to cling on to life for another couple of years.
她顽强地又活了几年。
- He still clings stubbornly to his socialist ideas.
他依然坚守自己的社会主义信念。 - He lay there, barely clinging to consciousness.
他躺在那里，勉强还有一点儿知觉。 - She was desperately clinging on to life.
她拚尽全力挣扎求生。
- Throughout the trial she had clung to the belief that he was innocent.