| 单词 | insistence |
| 释义 | insistenceWord family (noun) insistence (adjective) insistent (verb) insist (adverb) insistently From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinsistencein‧sis‧tence /ɪnˈsɪstəns/ noun [uncountable]TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingwhen you demand that something should happen and refuse to let anyone say noinsistence thathis insistence that they discuss the probleminsistence onan insistence on punctualityat somebody’s insistence (=because someone insisted)At her father’s insistence, she joined them for a drink.Examples from the Corpusat somebody’s insistence• At Joanna's insistence we stayed the night at her house.• At Stevenson's insistence, Reynold's name was kept on the list.• U.S. troops were finally removed from the country at the insistence of Congress.• I took a local guide with me at the insistence of the government authorities. |
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