insist

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To hold up a claim emphatically.
    — The defendant insisted on his innocence.
  2. To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it. sometimes
    — The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.
  3. To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon). obsolete
    — Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.

词形变化

insists present,singular,third-person insisting participle,present insisted participle,past insisted past

词源

Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence.
Compare typologically from the same PIE root Bulgarian настоявам (nastojavam), Russian наста́ивать (nastáivatʹ).
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