| 单词 | insist |
| 释义 | insist —insister, n. —insistingly, adv. /in sist"/, v.i. 1. to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment. 2. to lay emphasis in assertion: to insist on the justice of a claim. 3. to dwell with earnestness or emphasis (usually fol. by on or upon): to insist on a point in a discussion. v.t. 4. to assert or maintain firmly: He insists that he saw the ghosts. 5. to demand or persist in demanding: I insist that you see this thing through. [1580-90; < L insistere to stand still on, persist in, equiv. to in- IN-2 + sistere to STAND, make stand, reduplicated deriv. from base of stare to stand] Syn. 5. urge, require. |
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