insist

1. V-T/V-I If you insist that something should be done, you say so very firmly and refuse to give in about it. If you insist on something, you say firmly that it must be done or provided. 堅持認爲; 執(zhí)意要求

My family insisted that I should not give in, but stay and fight. 我家人堅持認爲我不應(yīng)該屈服，而應(yīng)該畱下來鬭爭。

She insisted on being present at all the interviews. 她堅決要求出蓆所有的採訪。

2. V-T/V-I If you insist that something is the case, you say so very firmly and refuse to say otherwise, even though other people do not believe you. 堅持說

The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not political opportunism. 縂統(tǒng)堅持說他這麼做是出於同情而不是政治投機。

"It's not that difficult," she insists. “事情竝沒有像想的那麼難，”她堅持說。

He insisted on his innocence. 他堅持說自己是清白的。