坚持不懈；顽强地致力于（坚定而缓慢地行走）

laughing away───用笑驱除恐惧等；付之一笑；谈笑中消磨时间

plugged away───坚持不懈；顽强地致力于（坚定而缓慢地行走）

pulling away───离开；脱身；拉掉

putting away───放好；抛弃；储存

blasting away───炸掉(炸毁）某物

blowing away───吹走；驱散；留下深刻印象

brushing away───v.刷去

He's a good, solid employee and is always plugging away at his work.───他是个踏实苦干的好雇员，但就是和同事处不好关系。

Or keep plugging away in the hope that it somehow works out?───或者不断努力，希望以某种方式解决这个问题呢？

If you keep plugging away at it, your English will improve.───如果你保持努力，你的英文会有提高。

The persevering president will no doubt keep plugging away and for a while will be right to do so.───这位锲而不舍的总统无疑还会不懈努力，而且在一段时间内，他这么做是正确的。

It's been hard to find the time with all my other work, but I've kept plugging away every weekend and yesterday I started the last chapter.───平时还得忙于其它事务，很难挤出来写作。不过，我每个周末都创作，昨天开始最后一章的写作了。

You've got to keep plugging away if you want to be a great writer.───如果你想成为一名伟大的作家，那你就得孜孜不倦地学习。

He's been plugging away at his new novel for nearly a year.───一年来他一直在坚持写一部新小说。

It's that kind of experience that Ryan draws on when he advises Rooney just to keep plugging away.───这样的经验可以让他在鲁尼遇到麻烦的时候给出建议。

The chances were going to come so we just had to keep plugging away.───机会将会有了，所以我们只是要持之以恒地坚持下去。

If you keep plugging away at it, your English will improve.

There were only Joe and I plugging away several hundred metres behind the rest.

She's been plugging away at her French lessons for months.

He's gone about it quietly, just plugging away and learning from watching others.

But as Sulloway was plugging away, other scientists were busy debunking birth order.

Katie has been plugging away at her homework for hours.

She keeps plugging away at French.

The soldiers kept plugging away at the enemies.

Said later that he s an exceptional talent and only bad luck stopped him scoring, and to keep plugging away.