堅持到底：insist常見用法解析

Event is not the size of the power， and can insist on how long.

                                                                                                    ——Samuel Johnson

成大事不在於力量的大小，而在於能堅持多久。

                                                                                                    ——塞·約翰生

一、你知道insist有幾種含義嗎？

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1.堅決要求，堅持 [I]

I think it unwise for both of us to insist on his own price.

我認爲雙方堅持自己的價格是不明智的。

2.堅持說，固執己見 [I]

He contradicts everything I say, even if he has to insist that black is white.

他反駁我說的每一件事， 甚至堅持指鹿爲馬。

二、詞義辨析：表示相同詞義的還有哪些詞呢？

insist, persist, persevere, adhere, cling

這些動詞均有“堅持”之意。

insist通常用於對意見、主張等的堅持。

persist用於褒義指堅持繼續做某事，但更常用於貶義，指不聽勸告，頑固堅持。

persevere含褒義，強調堅持不懈的努力。

adhere與to連用，指堅持意見、計劃或承諾等，含堅持不懈之意。

cling和to連用，指對信仰、意見、習慣等的堅持。

三、學會insist的用法了嗎？來做個小測試吧

It is very bad form to insist on talking about oneself.

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