英语词汇“insist”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

insistinsist /ɪnˈsɪst/ ●●○ S3 W3 verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYinsist

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin insistere to stand on, continue with determination, from sistere to stand

VERB TABLE

insist

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	insist
	he, she, it	insists
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	insisted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have insisted
	he, she, it	has insisted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had insisted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will insist
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have insisted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am insisting
	he, she, it	is insisting
	you, we, they	are insisting
Past	I, he, she, it	was insisting
	you, we, they	were insisting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been insisting
	he, she, it	has been insisting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been insisting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be insisting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been insisting

COLLOCATIONS► I insist

Let me pay this time. I insist (=used to firmly and politely offer to do something).

1to say firmly and often that something is true, especially when other people think it may not be true: insist (that) Mike insisted that he was right. Experts insist there is no chance of a recession in the near future.insist on something She has always insisted on her innocence.2to demand that something should happen and refuse to let anyone say “no”: Let me pay this time. I insist (=used to firmly and politely offer to do something).insist (that) I’m glad my parents insisted that we speak Spanish at home. Bud insisted he drive us home.insist on (somebody) doing something He insisted on going with me.3if you insist spoken used when agreeing to do something that you do not really want to do: “Let’s invite them over for dinner.” “OK, if you insist.” [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin insistere to stand on, continue with determination, from sistere to stand]insist on (doing) something phrasal verb1to think that something is very important, and demand that you have it or do it: The chef insists on the best and freshest ingredients.2to keep doing something, especially something that is inconvenient or annoying: Tim insists on watching those stupid action movies.