insist

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v. 坚持, 坚决主张, 强调

发音

US /ɪnˈsɪst/
US /ɪnˈsɪst/

词形变化

insisted insistedst insistest insisteth insisting insists 三单 insists insisting 现在分词 insisted 过去式 insisted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

坚持，强调

to demand that something should happen

Stay for supper – I insist!

留下来吃晚餐——一定的！

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To hold up a claim emphatically.

    坚持

    The defendant insisted on his innocence.

    I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.

  2. 2.

    To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.

    The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.

    The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.

    I insist that my secretary dress nicely.

    I know I promised to pay you back tomorrow, but it's not very convenient for me. Can we put it off to Friday? —I'm afraid I have to insist on what we agreed.

  3. 3.

    To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

    废旧 数学

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

assert importune

上位词 8

think beg pray implore postulate posit cerebrate cogitate

下位词 8

maintain assert besiege asseverate hold firm stand fast stand firm stand pat

词源

Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence. Compare typologically from the same PIE root Bulgarian настоявам (nastojavam), Russian наста́ивать (nastáivatʹ).

来源：wiktionary