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单词 stick to one's post
释义

stick to one's post

English

Verb

stick to one's post (third-person singular simple present sticks to one's post, present participle sticking to one's post, simple past and past participle stuck to one's post)

  1. To remain in a position, especially in a critical situation.
    • 1886, Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors (page 162)
      "You are old, William Ewart," the young man cried,
      "And life must be fleeting away,
      Yet you stick to your post, and refuse to take rest;
      Now, what is your reason I pray?"
    • 1944 November and December, “Notes and News: Bufferstop Collisions in Northern Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 370:
      The driver and fireman jumped clear, but the guard, who stuck to his post, was badly shaken.
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