a)PROMISEto do or keep doing what you said you would do or what you believe in, even when it is difficult 遵守,信守;坚持SYN keep to
Have you been sticking to your diet?
你是否在坚持节食?
stick to your decision/principles etc
Miguel was determined to stick to his decision.
米格尔决心坚持自己的决定。
It looks as if Nick will stick to his word this time.
看来这一次尼克好像要说到做到了。
b)CONTINUE/NOT STOPto keep using or doing one particular thing and not change to anything else 继续使用;继续做
If you’re driving, stick to soft drinks.
你如果要开车,只能喝软饮料。
stick to doing something
Reporters should stick to investigating the facts.
记者应该坚持调查事实。
c)stick to your guns informalCHANGE YOUR MIND to refuse to change your mind about something, even though other people are trying to persuade you that you are wrong 不听劝告,坚持自己的立场[观点]
Having made up his mind, he stuck to his guns.
他下定决心一意孤行。
d)stick to the point/subject/factsSUBJECT to talk only about what you are supposed to be talking about or what is certain 紧扣主题/题目/事实
Never mind whose fault it was. Just stick to the facts.
别管是谁的错,如实说就行。
e)stick to the rules informalOBEY to do something exactly according to the rules 遵守规则
f)stick to the path/road etcCONTINUE/NOT STOP to stay on a markedpath or road so that you do not get lost 沿着小径/大路等走〔以免迷路〕
g)stick to the/your story spokenCHANGE YOUR MIND# to continue to say that what you have told someone is true, even though they do not believe you 坚持原来的说法〔尽管别人不肯相信〕
You intend to stick to this story that she knew nothing of your financial prospects?
你还是坚称她对你未来的经济状况一无所知吗?
h)stick to the/your knittingAmerican EnglishAmE informal to continue paying attention to your own work and not to get involved with what other people are doing 专注于自己的工作〔不去介入别人在做的事情〕
I wish Mrs Reese would stick to her knitting.
我希望里斯太太管好她自己的事情。
i)stick it to somebodyAmerican EnglishAmE informal to make someone suffer, pay a high price etc 苛刻地对待某人,跟某人过不去
The politicians stick it to the tourists because the tourists don’t vote.
stick to your decision/principles etc• But we have to stick to our principles.• May we come to respect ourselves for sticking to our principles and living our lives with honesty and integrity.• He is telling the church to stick to its principles and not get side tracked or become hypocritical.• But JohnKing has stuck to his principles and Rovers have strung together an impressive home record.• Nizan stuck to his principles, but after 1939 he became a politicalrefugee.• She was not to know that Tina, sticking to her principles, had long ago slept with her cousin Jarvis.• Had I stuck to my principles or had I simply followed orders?
stick to doing something• And even the artists who stick to paper have mixed their media in other striking ways.• But Klein stuck to his guns.• Electrostatic filterscharge the incomingair so that the particles stick to an oppositely charged screen.• His stand heartened anti-Communists like Ngo Dinh Diem, who urged him to stick to his position.• Northerners stick to brands, but hunt for bargains.• You should stick to your topic sentence.
stick to the rules• It was all right if she was hours late, but Henry had to stick to the rules.• Everyone in the party has a responsibility to stick to the rulesagreed by the party conference.• That government said at the summit it was sticking to the rules, and then suggested afterward it would not not.• I'd stuck to the rulesarid nothing had happened.• Failure to stick to the safety rules could result in disaster.
stick to the path/road etc• They clung to the towns, venturing out only by day, their big battalionssticking to the roads.• So please stick to the path at this site and hopefully nothing else will need to be done.• For now she stuck to the road which took her to the right, towards the sea.
stick to the/your story• Bring in the police, the press, the king himself, and I shall stick to my story.• You do not have to stick to the story line.• He had stuck to his story, that they'd quarrelled at the dance and he had left early.
stick to the/your knitting• They want me to help make their lives troublefree so that they can stick to their knitting.
stick it to somebody• Set pastry over filling and press to stick it toedge of dish.• When it comes to taxes, politicians like to stick it to the tourists.• And if you don't like it, stick it to your pants as advertised.