cleave to somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) formalTRUE to continue to think that a method, belief, person etc is true or valuable, even when this seems unlikely 忠于；坚持，坚守 John still cleaves to his romantic ideals. 约翰仍坚守他的浪漫理想。
b) STICK literary to stick to someone or something, or seem to surround them 依恋〔某人〕；贴住，黏住〔某物〕
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