动词 cling:

1. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

2. to remain emotionally or intellectually attached

3. hold on tightly or tenaciously

a clinging child

缠人的孩子

His sodden trousers were clinging to his shins.

湿淋淋的裤子紧紧粘在他小腿上。

Her glass had bits of orange clinging to the rim.

她的杯口上粘有些许橙汁。

I was terrified he would leave me, so I was clinging to him.

我害怕他会离开我，所以缠着他不放。

They know scholars reject their legend, but they still cling to their belief...

尽管知道学者们不相信他们的传说，他们还是坚持自己的信仰。

They're clinging to the past.

他们对过去念念不忘。

Another minister clung on with a majority of only 18...

另一位部长仅以18票的微弱优势保住了职位。

He appears determined to cling to power...

看来他决心要抓住权力不放。

She had to cling onto the door handle until the pain passed...

她只好紧紧握住门把手，直到不疼了才松开。

Another man was rescued as he clung to the riverbank...

另外一个人因为紧紧攀住河堤而获救。

My unfulfilled past clinging to me from behind making death difficult.

我的未完成的过去,便从后边缠绕到我身上,使我难于死去.

He is of a clinging sort.

他是那种总要依靠别人的人.

Bob Schindler, her father, told reporters afterwards that his daughter is clinging to life.

她的父亲鲍勃?辛德勒之后告诉记者说,他的女儿还抓着一线生命不放.

He leaned into her body, as if clinging to the threads of her will to live.

奥托紧靠她的身躯, 似乎抓着她要继续生存的意志细线.

So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

他也会降至你们的根柢,动摇你们紧紧依附着大地的根须.

In clinging to these small issues you are the Maid's best advocates.

你们对这些小事纠缠不休,正好变成了少女最得力的辩护人.

He meant to shrug her off but he ended up clinging to her instead.

他本想摆脱她,但却相互依偎在一起.

In this modern time, even and friends might laugh at his bookish and clinging.

在这个时代里, 连亲友也难免笑他迂腐、执着.

These fine old guns often have a romance clinging to them ( Richard Jeffries )

这些精美的旧式枪有传奇性 ( 理查德杰弗里斯 )

Dewdrops were still clinging on the trees.

露珠仍沾在树上.

He didn't seem to care at all that the wet shirt was clinging to his body.

他好像一点都不在乎湿衬衣紧贴在他身上.

Even as it becomes less and less viable, they are clinging on.

尽管这一现状变得越来越难以维持, 但他们对这些既得利益仍紧抓不放.

After so many years, she was still clinging to the hope that he could return.

许多年过去了, 她仍抱着他会回来的希望.

Upadana, or clinging, also refers to the sustenance a fire takes from its fuel.

意为执著, 也指火从燃料中获得的滋养.

clinging to outside sources indicates a lack of assuredness inwardly.

依赖于外部情报源,表明你缺乏内在的确信.

I was very frightened and clinging on like mad.

我很害怕,拼命地向上爬.

clinging to old notions of being male will not solve the problem.

死抱住做男人的旧观念解决不了问题.

It is refreshing to know that some ethnic groups are proudly clinging to their priceless legacies.

得知有些少数民族正骄傲地固守着他们无价的遗产,真是令人振奋.

She's clinging on to the past.

她墨守过时的东西.

We discerned the figure of a man clinging to the mast of the wrecked ship.

我们看见一个人紧抱着破船的桅杆.