insist的常用短语
insist on/upon
1.declare firmly 坚持;坚决认为
Throughout the trial,the prisoner insisted on his lack of guilt.在整个审讯中,犯人坚持认为他没有罪。
2.urge;strongly demand坚决要求
He insisted upon a doctor being sent for.他坚持要去请医生。
I insisted on paying for my share of the meal.我坚持要付我的那份饭钱。
3.make emphatically or repeat an assertion 主张;强调
He insisted on the importance of being punctual.他强调准时的重要性。
There is a gentleman who insists on seeing you.有一位先生坚持要见你。