insist

英 [ɪn'sɪst] 美[ɪn'sɪst]
  • vt. 坚持,强调
  • vi. 坚持,强调

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词态变化


第三人称单数: insists;过去式: insisted;过去分词: insisted;现在分词: insisting;

助记提示


1. 在心里站着,站在心里。
2. 内心深处的坚持。

中文词源


insist 坚持

in-,进入,使,-sist,站,词源同stand,assist.引申词义坚持。

英英释意


1. be insistent and refuse to budge;
"I must insist!"
2. beg persistently and urgently;
"I importune you to help them"
3. assert to be true;
"The letter asserts a free society"

英文词源


insist
insist: see statue
insist (v.)
1580s, from Latin insistere "persist, dwell upon, stand upon," from in- "upon" (see in- (2)) + sistere "take a stand" (see assist). Perhaps in some cases a back-formation from insistence. Related: Insisted; insisting.

同义词辨析


insist, persist, persevere, adhere, cling

这些动词均有"坚持"之意。

insist: 通常用于对意见、主张等的坚持。

persist: 用于褒义指坚持继续做某事,但更常用于贬义,指不听劝告,顽固坚持。

persevere: 含褒义,强调坚持不懈的努力。

adhere与to连用,指坚持意见、计划或承诺等,含坚持不懈之意。

cling和to连用,指对信仰、意见、习惯等的坚持。

考试真题


Pre-K advocates insist it is proven and will succeed if integrated with the rest of the child's schooling.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

While using quality ingredients, David Tamlyn insists that the dishes should be offered at reasonable prices .

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

She insists that it's exposing workers to unnecessarily high doses of radiation.

出自-2011年6月听力原文

I'm sorry you feel that way, but my mother insists that he come.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Some viewers of her cooking show, The French Chef, insist they saw Child drop lamb on the floor and pick it up, with the advice that if they were alone in the kitchen, their guests would never know.

2018年12月四级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

Unfortunately, the union in Chicago is insisting that teachers who are laid off—often for being ineffective— should get priority in new hiring.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

It could also insist on checking private manned spacecraft as thoroughly as it does commercial aircraft.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But Monsanto, the agricultural giant, insists it has a patent on the kind of genetically modified seeds Bowman used―and that the patent continues to all of the progeny (后代)of those seeds.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

Gary insisted on buying the food for the picnic.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

Sainz Breeze insist that such food is no joke and could be a new, sustainable source of protein.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section B

And that’s the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

There is pressure for change from within the profession, but opponents of change among the regulators insist that keeping outsiders out of a law firm isolates lawyers from the pressure to make money rather than serve clients ethically.

出自-2014年考研阅读原文

King Juan Carlos of Spain once insisted “kings don’t abdicate, they dare in their sleep.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

With characteristic confidence, Dickens successfully insisted that Seymour’s pictures illustrate his own story instead.

出自-2017年考研阅读原文

And that's the problem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, as in school, we insist on choosing our own friends.

2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

We're doing everything but insist that manufacturers clean up their cars.

2020年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

实用场景例句


I didn't really want to go but he insisted.
我并不真的想去,但他硬要我去。

牛津词典

‘Please come with us. ’ ‘Very well then, if you insist . ’
“请和我们一起来吧。”“那也好,你一定要我去,我就去。”

牛津词典

He insists that she come.
他执意要她来。

牛津词典

(formal)She insisted on his/him wearing a suit.
她坚持要他穿西装。

牛津词典

(British English also)He insists that she should come.
他执意要她来。

牛津词典

He insisted on his innocence.
他坚持说他是无辜的。

牛津词典

He insisted (that) he was innocent.
他坚持说他是无辜的。

牛津词典

We insisted on a refund of the full amount.
我们坚持要求全额退款。

牛津词典

They insisted upon being given every detail of the case.
他们坚持要求说明事情的整个来龙去脉。

牛津词典

They insist on playing their music late at night.
已是深夜,他们却依然在放音乐。

牛津词典

My family insisted that I should not give in, but stay and fight...
家里人坚持认为我不应让步,而应该留下来继续抗争。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She insisted on being present at all the interviews...
她坚持所有采访自己都要在场。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism...
总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

'It's not that difficult,' she insists...
“并没有那么困难,”她坚持说。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

We insist upon a definite answer.
我们一定要得到一个肯定的答复.

《简明英汉词典》

I'd love to go, but I insist we go Dutch.
我很愿意去, 但我坚持我们各付各的.

期刊摘选

So, to insist on a small shelf space the number of creative artists, some rare.
这样看来, 能够坚持狭小的架上空间创作的艺术家多少有些难能可贵.

期刊摘选

Since they insist on going, we'll simply push the boat with the current and let them go with us.
既然他们坚持要去, 干脆我们就顺水推舟,让他们一同去吧.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Study the language demand persistent, insist unremitting training.
学习语言需要持之以恒, 坚持不懈的训练.

期刊摘选

Television screens insist on the authenticity of everything you are about to see and hear.
电视屏幕坚持让你将要看到和听到的一切都是真实的.

期刊摘选

Both Boeing and Airbus insist that so far there have been virtually no cancellations.
波音和空客都强调到目前他们都还没有遇到退订的情形.

期刊摘选

If you insist on leaving now , please go ahead.
你一定要走, 那就请便吧.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The tourists insist on keeping to their plan.
旅行者坚持按旅行计划行事.

《简明英汉词典》

Always insist upon seeing your room before booking in.
在住进旅馆之前一定要坚持先看一下你的房间.

《简明英汉词典》

Anyhow I must insist that you cannot steal.
不管怎么说,你都不能偷东西.

《简明英汉词典》

He contradicts everything 1 say, even if he has to insist that black is white.
他反驳我说的每一件事, 甚至坚持指鹿为马.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I insist that you ( should ) be present .
请您务必 到场.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I will have another glass if you insist.
你这样坚持我就再喝一杯.

《简明英汉词典》