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insist

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v.坚持,强调

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副词:insistingly 名词:insistence 动词过去式:insisted 过去分词:insisted 现在分词:insisting 第三人称单数:insists

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sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)

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demand  maintain  press  stress  urge    

insist


/ɪn'sɪst; ɪn`sɪst/
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tf] ~ (on sth) demand (sth) forcefully, not accepting a refusal 坚持或坚决要求(某事物)
*`You really must go!' `All right, if you insist.' `你真得走了!'`好吧, 你一定要我走, 我就走.'
* I insist on your taking/insist that you take immediate action to put this right. 我坚决要求你立刻采取行动把事情处理好.
2 [Ipr] ~ on sth/doing sth require or demand (the specified thing), refusing to accept an alternative 一定要(某事物); 坚决主张
*I always insist on wholemeal bread. 我一贯主张要吃全麦面包.
* (fig 比喻) She will insist on getting up early and playing her radio loud, ie She always does this, annoyingly. 她老是一大早起来就把收音机音量开得很大.
3 [Ipr, Tf] ~ on sth state or declare sth forcefully, esp when other people oppose or disbelieve one 坚持说, 固执地声称(尤指别人反对或不信时)
*She kept insisting on her innocence/insisting that she was innocent. 她坚持说她是清白的.

insist


v [I]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: insistere 'to stand on, continue with determination', from sistere 'to stand']
to say firmly and often that something is true, especially when other people think it may not be true
insist (that)
 Mike insisted that he was right.
 His friends insisted he had no connection with drugs.
insist on
 She kept insisting on her innocence.
to demand that something should happen
 Stay for supper - I insist!
insist (that)
 They insisted that everyone should come to the party.
 He insisted I should take a taxi and offered to pay for it.
 We insist on the highest standards of cleanliness in the hotel.
insist on/upon doing sth
 He insisted upon checking everything himself.
if you insist
spoken used when agreeing to do something that you do not really want to do
 'Why don't you call them up today?' 'Oh, if you insist!'
insist on doing sth
to keep doing something, especially something that is inconvenient or annoying
 She will insist on washing her hair just when I want to have a bath.
1. C.You insist on discussing the problems with your spouse to see how you can reduce the pressure.
    c.你坚持与你的配偶讨论并考虑你们怎样才能减轻压力。

2. But today, still, most insist on staying until the job is done.
    但在今天,大多数人依然坚持待到工作完成。

3. The rule of thumb in such cases is to insist on their use, if you know meters are available.
    遇上这样的情况,如果你知道有计程器,最好的办法就是坚持要求使用。

4. He would insist the elderly woman did attend their wedding accidentally. But she knew "Aunt Esther" was on some heavenly mission.
    他会说这老太太准是碰巧撞上了他们的婚礼。可她明白,埃丝特阿姨是在执行上帝的使命。

5. And I do not insist that you surrender your identity to match an image of what I expect you to be for me.
    我不会为了自己而坚持要他放弃个性来变成我所希望的他。

6. Perhaps in 20 years — or sooner — they will be more Westernized and insist on going home at five o'clock.
    也许20年后,或许用不了这么久,他们就会更加西方化,会坚持到五点就下班回家。

7. I always insist on wholemeal bread.
    我一贯主张要吃全麦面包.

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