持续高

consistently high───一直很高

persistent cough───持续咳嗽

persistently───adv.坚持地；固执地

persistent rain───持续降雨

sufficiently high───足够高

persistency───n.持续；固执；坚韧

persistent───adj.执着的，坚持不懈的；持续的，反复出现的；（动植物某部位，如角、叶等）存留的，不落的

persistingly───坚持不懈地

persistent allegation───持续的指控

The outlook is clouded by persistently high oil and food prices.───经济前景受到持续走高的石油和食品价格的影响。

Despite persistently high unemployment, consumer confidence is improving.───尽管有持续的高失业率，但消费者的信心正在渐渐恢复。

Overall, however, smoking rates remain persistently high, despite now nearly-ubiquitous workplace smoking bans.───虽然现在工作场所的禁烟令几乎无处不在，但总体上的吸烟率仍然居高不下。

Bernanke said the Fed had to launch the bond-buying program, given the outlook for weak growth and persistently high unemployment.───伯南克表示，鉴于美国目前经济增长疲软，失业率长期居高不下，美联储才出台了购买国债的计划。

The country's central bank said the move was necessary to combat persistently high inflation.───印度中央银行声称此举对于打压持续的高通货膨胀是有必要的。

Obama's efforts to create green jobs are lagging behind expectations at a time of persistently high unemployment.───在失业率居高不下的今天，奥巴马为创造绿色岗位作出的努力远不及民众所望。

New census data paint a stark portrait of the nation's haves and have-nots at a time when unemployment remains persistently high.───新的统计数据勾勒出在失业率居高不下的美国，富人和穷人之间反差强烈赤裸裸的现实。

Examining the sources of the persistently high unemployment rate in recent years and assessing the natural rate of unemployment.───失业问题的根源：研究过去几年失业率持续高企的根源及评估自然失业率。

However, persistently high inflation leads to currency devaluation, which triggers capital flight and, eventually, an asset market collapse.───然而，持续的高通胀将会引起货币贬值，进而资本外流，最终资产市场崩溃。

Persistently high unemployment fuels protectionist tendencies.

But persistently high U.S. unemployment and the choking effect it is having on consumption has prompted analysts to trim their growth outlook for remainder of the year, a recent Reuters poll showed.

In the near term, that remains a challenge given persistently high unemployment and muted wage gains.

And like almost everyone else in business in Britain today, farmers have had to contend with persistently high interest rates.