/-ənt; -ənt/
adj ~ (about/on sth); ~ (that...) tending to insist; not allowing refusal or opposition 坚持的; 不容拒绝或反对的
*She's a most insistent person; she won't take `no' for an answer. 她是个说一不二的人, 决不容别人反对.
* You mustn't be late; he was most insistent about that. 你万不可迟到, 他对这一点最严格.
* (fig 比喻) this job's insistent demands 此工作之硬性要求
* (fig 比喻) the insistent (ie constantly and noticeably repeated) horn phrase in the third movement of the symphony 交响乐第三乐章中反覆突出的号音.

adj
demanding firmly and repeatedly that something should happen
insistent that
　She was insistent that they should all meet for dinner.
insistent on
　They were insistent on good manners.
making a continuous pattern of sounds that is difficult to ignore
　the music's insistent rhythm
>insistentlyadv
　The bell rang again insistently.