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insist
v
1 [I, Ipr, Tf]
~ (on sth) demand (sth) forcefully, not accepting a refusal 坚持或坚决要求(某事物)
`You really must go!´ `All right, if you insist.´ `你真得走了!'`好吧, 你一定要我走, 我就走.'
I insist on your taking/insist that you take immediate action to put this right. 我坚决要求你立刻采取行动把事情处理好.
2 [Ipr] ~ on sth/doing sth require or demand (the specified thing), refusing to accept an alternative 一定要(某事物); 坚决主张
I always insist on wholemeal bread. 我一贯主张要吃全麦面包.
(fig 比喻) She will insist on getting up early and playing her radio loud, ie She always does this, annoyingly. 她老是一大早起来就把收音机音量开得很大.
3 [Ipr, Tf] ~ on sth state or declare sth forcefully, esp when other people oppose or disbelieve one 坚持说, 固执地声称(尤指别人反对或不信时)
She kept insisting on her innocence/insisting that she was innocent. 她坚持说她是清白的.
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