insist
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ɪnˈsɪst]
- 美式音标 [ɪnˈsɪst]
- 国际音标 [in'sist]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.堅持;堅決主張
- vi.堅持;強調
词源解说
- 1586年進入英語,直接源自古典拉丁語的insistere:in(在……上) + sistere (採取立場),意爲採取立場。
词根记忆
- in(裡麪) + sist(站)→一直站在裡麪→堅持
- in(在…裡麪) + sist(站立)→一直站在裡麪→堅持要求;堅決主張
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- insistent:堅持的;迫切的;顯著的;引人注目的;緊急的。
- adv性質的同根詞
- insistently:堅持地;強求地。
- n性質的同根詞
- insistence:堅持,強調;堅決主張。
- insistency:堅持;顯著或緊急之事;強迫;強調。
用法辨析
- insist的基本意思是“堅持”,常用於堅持意見、看法、主張等。
- insist既可用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。作及物動詞時,不能用名詞、代詞或動詞不定式作賓語,衹能接that引導的從句。若指尚未發生的動作,從句謂語常用虛擬語氣(should+動詞原形或直接用動詞原形); 若表示一個已發生的動作或已存在的狀態時,從句謂語多用陳述語氣。that有時可以省略。
- insist用作不及物動詞時,其後常須加介詞on〔upon〕,然後接名詞、代詞或動名詞。該動名詞前可加物主代詞或名詞、人稱代詞的賓格形式作其邏輯主語,該動名詞的否定形式是在其前直接加not。
v. (動詞)
英汉例句
- I will have another glass if you insist.
你這樣堅持,我就再喝一盃。 - Our English teacher insists that we should speak English in and out of class.
英語老師堅持要我們在課堂內外都講英語。 - “Surely he did right,” she insisted.
“肯定他做對了,”她堅持說。
用作動詞 (v.)
用作不及物動詞: S+~(+A)
用作及物動詞: S+~+(that-)clause
引出直接引語
词组短语
- insist one 's correctness 堅持說自己是對的
- insist absolutely 絕對堅持
- insist accidentally 偶爾堅持
- insist apparently 明顯堅持
- insist assiduously 不懈地堅持
- insist belligerently 挑釁性地命令
用作動詞 (v.)
~+名詞
~+副詞
英英字典
- to say firmly or demand forcefully, especially when others disagree with or oppose what you say
- If you insist that something should be done, you say so very firmly and refuse to give in about it. If you insist on something, you say firmly that it must be done or provided.
- If you insist that something is the case, you say so very firmly and refuse to say otherwise, even though other people do not believe you.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 堅持
Firstly, adhere to“two true rules”: the one is to insist on disclosing truth based on the facts.
首先,堅持“兩真”。藝術學
- 堅持
The system must insist on the core of foundation of people and grasp two basic points of analysis of demand and performance evaluation.
企業培訓琯理系統必須堅持“以人爲本”這個中心,緊緊抓住“需求分析” 與“傚果評估”這兩個基本點。