每日一词【1061】plug away at：坚持不懈地去做

今天我们要学的词是plug away at。 To plug away at something, 坚持不懈地去做一件事。 "He continues to plug away at the novel even though no one is willing to publish it," 虽然没人愿意出版这本小说，可他还是坚持不懈地写下去。 "Coming back from a full time job during the day, she continues to plug away at her PhD dissertation¹ at night," 白天全职工作结束后，她晚上还要坚持写博士论文。家长鼓励孩子练钢琴，可以说， "The more you plug away at practicing piano, the better you'll be at playing it," 你越坚持练习，就能弹得越好。好的，今天我们学习的词是plug away at...

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n.（博士学位）论文，学术演讲，专题论文

参考例句：

• He is currently writing a dissertation on the Somali civil war.他目前正在写一篇关于索马里内战的论文。
• He was involved in writing his doctoral dissertation.他在聚精会神地写他的博士论文。