firmness [ˈfə:mnɪs]

例句:

• What'simpressed me has been his considerable firmness of purpose.
  令我印象深刻的是他对目标的坚定不移。
  
• He was therefore dismissed with gracious but inexorable firmness.
  来自H. James
• Vegetables should retain some firmness and should not be soggy and waterlogged.
  蔬菜应保持一定的硬挺度，不应潮乎乎的浸透了水。
  
• He was a man of intelligence and of firmness of will.
  他是个聪明而又意志坚定的人.
  
• The set of the lips suggests a certain inward firmness.
  来自Day Lewis
• The House of Lords show not firmness...but inelastic obstinacy and obstructiveness.
  来自Spectator