continue: applies to a process going on without ending: the stock market will ~ to rise.


last: especially when unqualified, may stress existing beyond what is normal or expected: buy shoes that will ~.


endure: adds an implication of resistance to destructive forces or agents: in spite of everything, her faith ~.


abide: implies a stable and constant existing, especially as opposed to mutability: through 40 years of marriage, their love ~.


persist: suggests outlasting the normal or appointed time and often connotes obstinancy or doggedness: the sense of guilt ~. (outlast比...时间长：He can outlast anyone on the dance floor他比谁都能跳舞。)


continue持续: 泛指某过程一直进行而不结束，last耐用或长久: 强调超过正常预期(exist beyond)，endure持久: 还表示抵抗破坏(forces力,agents化学剂)，abide持久: 稳定始终如一(stable,constant)特别强调和改变相反，persist顽固坚持: 超过正常安排时长，常表示顽固坚持


记忆方法：1）首字母CLEAP中的LEAP跨越跳跃，C想成China，即中国跨越<==持久     Great Leap Forward大跃进运动          

          2）持久的意思是存续超过一定时间或无限期mean to exist over a period of time or indefinitely.    (The visit has now been postponed indefinitely访问被无限期推迟)