insist
/ˌɪnˈsɪst/KK
ɪn·sɪst
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1.
堅持；堅決要求
強烈要求某件事發生，或要求別人按照自己的意思做，即使他人反對也不改變想法。
用法：可接名詞、動名詞或表示子句的結構；表示堅持某人做某事時，常使用「insist that」後接原形動詞或其他完整子句。
My parents insisted on checking the train times before we left.
我父母堅持在我們離開前查看火車時間。
2.
堅稱；堅持說
在別人懷疑或不同意時，仍堅定地表示某件事是真的。
用法：後面常接表示完整意思的子句，也可接介系詞片語來說明堅稱的內容。
He insisted that he had sent the message, but no one had received it.
他堅稱自己已經傳送了那則訊息，但沒有人收到。
3.
堅持做；執意做
即使別人勸阻或提出反對意見，仍執意做某件事。
用法：表示某人執意做某事時，後面通常接動名詞，不接不定詞。
Although it was raining, Mia insisted on walking to school.
雖然正在下雨，米亞仍堅持走路上學。
常見錯誤
She insisted to pay for dinner.
She insisted on paying for dinner.
I insisted him that the story was true.
I insisted that the story was true.
My sister insisted on to come with us.
My sister insisted on coming with us.
He insisted me to go with him.
He insisted that I go with him.
相關字詞
學習提示
・「insist on」後面接名詞或動名詞，意思是「堅持某事或堅持做某事」。
・「insist that」後面接完整子句，可表示「堅持某人做某事」或「堅稱某事為真」。
・不要把「insist」直接當成「要求某人做某事」使用；句型結構和「tell」或「ask」不同。