demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal
坚持,坚决要求
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she insisted on carrying her own bag 她坚持要自己提包
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[with clause]
he insisted that she came .他坚持要她来。
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坚持要得到
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he insisted on answers to his allegations .他坚持要得到对他的说法的答复。
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坚持做(恼人或奇怪的事情)
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the heavy studded boots she insisted on wearing .她坚持要穿的带防滑钉的厚重靴子。
[reporting verb]maintain or put forward a statement positively and assertively
坚持说,断言
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[with clause]
the chairman insisted that all was not doom and gloom 主席坚持说不是毫无希望
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[with direct speech]
‘I really am all right now,’ Isabel insisted .“我现在真的全好了,”伊莎贝尔坚持说。
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insist that... 坚持...
真题例句:
"late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘persist, persevere’): from Latin