insist
英 [?n's?st]
美[?n's?st]
- vt. 堅持，強調
- vi. 堅持，強調
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?insists;過去式:?insisted;過去分詞:?insisted;現在分詞:?insisting;
助記提示
1. 在心里站著，站在心里。
2. 內心深處的堅持。
2. 內心深處的堅持。
中文詞源
insist 堅持
in-,進入，使，-sist,站，詞源同stand,assist.引申詞義堅持。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. They insist on tastier chocolate than the anaemic British stuff.
- 他們堅持要比淡而無味的英國貨味道更好的巧克力。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The psychologists insist, however, that they are not being prescriptive.
- 然而，心理學家堅稱他們并非一味灌輸。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Our buyers insist on high standards of workmanship and materials.
- 我們的買主對工藝和材料堅持要高標準。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Always insist upon seeing your room before booking in.
- 在住進旅館之前一定要堅持先看一下你的房間.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. If you insist, we have to declare the meeting off.
- 如果你堅持的話, 我們不得不取消這次會議.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
