1 to persevere with

2 to persist in

3 to insist on

1 to be in favor of

2 to support

3 to back

4 support

5 backing

6 to stand by

7 classifier: 个 gè

1 to take charge of

2 to manage or direct

3 to preside over

4 to uphold

5 to stand for (justice etc)

6 to host (a TV or radio program etc)

7 (TV) anchor

1 TV or radio presenter

2 host

3 anchor

1 to keep

2 to maintain

3 to hold

4 to preserve

1 national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue

1 each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout

1 to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end

1 to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere

1 indecisive (idiom)