| 单词 | to insist on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto insist on a. intransitive. To dwell at length or with emphasis on or upon (†of, †in) a matter; hence, to insist on = to assert or maintain persistently. Formerly, also, †to take one's stand on (in) a point. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > insist or persist [verb (intransitive)] perseverec1380 clencha1400 standc1400 to stand to it1549 beat1579 insist1596 hammer1598 consist1600 persist1600 re-enforce1603 to swear pink1956 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 118 Because we heir haue perchance ouer lang insisted, and haue beine tedious to the reider, in sum particular materis. 1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd i. sig. B2 I cannot now insist Vpon particulars. View more context for this quotation 1611 W. Sclater Key (1629) 131 I haue the longer insisted in this vice, because I see [etc.]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. iii. 17 Let them If I say Fine, cry Fine; if Death, cry Death, Insisting on the olde prerogatiue. View more context for this quotation 1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 173 On which our Arminians much insist for proofe of their vniuersall redemption. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous iii. 127 I shall insist no longer on that Point. 1793 E. Burke Observ. Conduct Minority in Wks. (1821) VII. 264 The ruling Jacobins insist upon it, that [etc.]. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 389 Socrates is not prepared to insist on the literal accuracy of this description. < as lemmas |
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