insistence

英 [ɪnˈsɪstəns]

美 [ɪnˈsɪstəns]

n.  坚决要求; 坚持; 固执

复数：insistences　

TOEFL

Collins.2 / BNC.6368 / COCA.7306

牛津词典

noun

• 坚决要求；坚持；固执
  an act of demanding or saying sth firmly and refusing to accept any opposition or excuses
  1. their insistence on strict standards of behaviour
     他们对严格行为规范的坚决主张
  2. At her insistence , the matter was dropped.
     在她的坚持下，这件事被搁置了。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 坚持;坚决要求;坚称
  Someone'sinsistenceon something is the fact that they insist that it should be done or insist that it is the case.
  1. ...Raeder's insistence that naval uniform be worn...
     雷德坚决要求穿海军制服
  2. He admired your insistence on understanding things and making your point, even when he preferred his own...
     他敬佩你弄清楚问题、说服别人接受你的主张的那份坚持,即便有时他更倾向于自己的见解。
  3. She had attended an interview, at her boyfriend's insistence.
     在男友的坚持下,她去参加了一个面试。

英英释义

noun

• the act of insisting on something
  1. insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position
  Synonym:insistency
• continual and persistent demands
  Synonym:insisting
• the state of demanding notice or attention
  1. the insistence of their hunger
  2. the press of business matters
  Synonym:imperativenessinsistencypresspressure

双语例句

• Virginia, it's not my insistence. It's your own doctor's.
  弗吉尼亚，不是我在强迫你，是你医生的建议。
• Their insistence on absolute secrecy.
  他们对于绝对保密的主张。
• On my insistence that he answer the question, he complied.
  经我坚持他非回答这个问题不可，他总算依从了。
• He took a week's holiday at my insistence.
  在我的坚持下，他度了一个星期的假。
• I really have been shocked by his wisdom and encouraged by his insistence.
  不得不被他的智慧所震撼。不得不被他的坚持所激励。
• It was a peaceful and determined insistence upon the ideals at the center of America's founding.
  美国建国的中心就是坚持和平和坚定的理想。
• Because of insistence, he had gotten redemption.
  因为坚持，获得了救赎。
• The insistence on rote learning robbed the initiative to make Bold hypotheses about new situations and new problems.
  强调死记硬背，无形中影响了对新现象、新问题的大胆设想、求证。
• The Scientific Concept of Development: the Insistence of Scientific Socialism and the Development
  科学发展观：科学社会主义的坚持和发展
• He questioned the administration's insistence on having Iran halt its uranium enrichment program before opening talks.
  布什政府坚持把伊朗首先终止铀浓缩项目作为谈判的前提。对此，斯佩克特参议员提出了置疑。