stay

be here (或 have come) to stay

(informal)be permanent or widely accepted

(非正式)永久；被普遍接受

the private sector is here to stay and likely to expand.

那個私營部門已經得到普遍認可并有可能擴大規模。

stay the course (或 distance)

keep going strongly to the end of a race or contest

（比賽或競賽中）拼搏到底

a stay of execution

a delay in carrying out a court order

延期執行

stay well

(S. African)used on departing as an expression of good wishes from the person leaving to the one staying

(南非)［分別時離開者對留下者的表達語］留得安好

be in stays

(of a sailing ship) be head to the wind while tacking

（帆船）在掉搶中，轉向上風

miss stays

(of a sailing ship) fail in an attempt to go about from one tack to another

（帆船）掉搶失敗，搶風失敗

stay on

continue to study, work, or be somewhere after others have left

繼續學習（或工作）；繼續留下

75 per cent of sixteen-year-olds stay on in full-time education.

75％的16歲孩子繼續接受全日制教育。

stay over

(of a guest or visitor) sleep somewhere, especially at someone's home, for the night

（客人或造訪者呆在別人家里）過夜

stay up

not go to bed

不睡覺，熬夜

they stayed up all night.

他們徹夜未眠。

stay put

To remain in a fixed or established position.

堅守：保持在固定或確定的位置上

stay the course

To hold out or persevere to the end of a race or challenge.

堅持到比賽或挑戰的最后