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.
我認為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, 甚至堅持指鹿為馬。
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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