cling

vi.
基本义：紧握，抱着；
They clung together when the time came to part.
分离的时候到了， 他们紧抱着不肯分开。

引申义：1、缠住，粘着
Beads of dew still clung to the roses.
玫瑰花上仍然挂着露珠。
Small children cling to their mothers.
小孩子都缠着母亲.
2. 贴近，靠近
Don't cling to the kerb when you're driving.
不要紧贴路边开车.
3. 依恋；依靠
He is of a clinging sort.
他是那种总要依靠别人的人。
4. 坚持；墨守，固执
Cling to one's own view.
坚持己见。

【辨辨亲兄弟】
cling/stick/adhere/cohere
都含"粘着"、"坚持"的意思。
cling 指"紧抱"、"坚守",如:
cling to one's own view.
坚持己见。
stick 系常用词, 指"好象用某种粘结物使粘着或结合在一起", 如:
He always sticks to his word.
他总是信守诺言。
adhere属正式用语, 语意比 stick强, 指"自动地或义务地忠于一理想、事业、领导人等", 如:
adhere to the Party's policy
坚持党的方针。
cohere指"粘合在一起"、"团结一致", 如:
There are moral principles by which society coheres.
有些道德法则使社会得以团结一致。

【背句子记单词】
We should cling to our principles.
我们应该坚持自己的原则。
Do not cling to his faults.
你别老揪住他的小辫子不放。

This book is above me.
这本书对我来说是太难了。

这里above有高于、超出、胜于之意，如The girl's voice rose above the piano's sound.那姑娘的嗓音超过了钢琴声。

Years of unforgiving wind and waves have shaped and sculpted these limestone columns.

石灰石构成的石柱终年都被无情的海风和海浪雕刻着。

I CAN GO HOME

One day after school the teacher said to his students, "
Tomorrow morning, if any one of you can answer my first
question, I will permit him or her to go home earlier." The
next day, when the teacher came into the classroom, he
found t he blackboard daubed. He was ver y angry and
asked, "Who did it? Please stand up!" "It's me," said Bob,
"Now, I can go home. Good-bye, Sir."

我可以回家了

一天，放学以后，老师对他的学生们说："明天上午，如
果你们当中的任何一个同学能首先回答我的 问题，我就
准许他或她最先回家。"第二天，老师走进教室时发现黑
板被涂得乱七八糟，他非常生气的问："谁涂的？请站起
来！"鲍勃说："先生，是我，现在我可以回家了，再见！"