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In a way that shows strong, steady loyalty — supporting a person, a group, or a belief and not backing down, especially when it would be easier or safer to back down.
In a way that shows strong, steady loyalty用堅定不移地展現忠誠的方式 supporting a person, a group, or a belief支持一個人、一個團體，或一個信念 and not backing down而且不退讓 especially when it would be easier or safer to back down尤其是在退讓比較容易或比較安全的時候
The word carries time in it: you are not staunchly for something for one afternoon. It suggests you have held that position for years and through pressure.
The word carries time in it這個字本身帶著時間感 you are not你不會 for one afternoon只在一個下午裡 staunchly for something堅定支持某件事 It suggests這意味著 you have held that position你已經堅持那個立場 for years and through pressure好幾年，而且撐過了壓力
It appears most often with a small set of words — staunchly support, staunchly defend, staunchly oppose, staunchly deny, and before labels like staunchly Catholic, staunchly conservative, staunchly independent. Note that it works for being firmly against something too, not just for.
It appears most often with a small set of words這個字最常搭配一小組固定的詞 staunchly support, staunchly defend, staunchly oppose, staunchly deny堅定支持、堅定捍衛、堅定反對、堅定否認 and before labels like staunchly Catholic, staunchly conservative, staunchly independent也用在像堅定的天主教徒、堅定保守、堅定獨立這類標籤前面 Note that要注意 it works for being firmly against something too這個字也可以用在堅定反對某件事上 not just for不只是支持
The tone is usually or at least respectful — it says firm, not stubborn. It is a written, word; in speech people are more likely to say "strongly" or "has always backed".
The tone is usually approving or at least respectful語氣通常是肯定的，至少帶著尊重 it says firm, not stubborn它說的是「堅定」，不是「固執」 It is a written, journalistic word這是個書面、新聞用語 in speech people are more likely to say "strongly" or "has always backed"口語裡人們比較會說「strongly」（強烈地）或「has always backed」（一直支持）
The older, more physical meaning of staunch is watertight — a staunch boat let no water in — and you can still feel that in the modern word: a staunch supporter is one that nothing leaks through.
The older, more physical meaning of staunch is watertightstaunch較早、較具體的意思是「不漏水的」 a staunch boat let no water in一艘staunch的船不會滲水 and you can still feel that in the modern word而這個感覺在現代用法裡還在 a staunch supporter is one that nothing leaks through一個堅定的支持者，就是那種什麼都不會漏出去的人
組成staunch + -ly. -ly turns an adjective into an adverb, "in that way". Staunch came through Old French from a word meaning to stop a flow — the same idea as stopping a wound from bleeding — so the original picture is something that holds firm and lets nothing through.
同家族的字
- stanchthe same word in another spelling, kept in English for stopping bleeding
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
staunchlyadv
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In a staunch manner.
- As stated in the Universal Declaration, we must staunchly pursue our conviction that freedom is not the sole prerogative of the fortunate few, but the inalienable and universal right of all human beings.
- If Russia’s President Vladimir Putin could order his troops into his neighbor with impunity, surely China’s President Xi Jinping might finally decide to recover Taiwan, the island province that has remained staunchly independent ever since Mao Zedong’s Red Army finished his conquest of the mainland in 1949.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。