insist/adhere to/persist.导航词义：坚持

1. insist:v. 坚决认为，坚称；坚决要求.指坚持认为某种想法正确或坚称某种说法属实，尤指与他人的想法或说法相左，也可指坚决要求做某事。

She insisted on her innocence.

她坚称自己无罪。

She insisted that he should leave for Shanghai.

她坚持要他去上海。

The manager insists on all his employees coming to the picnic.

经理坚持要求所有员工都参加野餐。

2. adhere to:phr. v. 坚持.指坚守规则、信仰、协定等。

We should adhere to the traffic rules.

我们应该遵守交通规则。

They adhere to the principle that everyone is equal before the law.

他们坚持法律面前人人平等的信条。

All staff of the company adhere to a strict code of dress.

该公司的所有员工都遵守一套严格的着装标准。

3. persist:v. 坚持，执意.指不顾困难或他人的反对而坚持做某事。

He persisted in his refusal to apologize.

他坚持不道歉。

She persisted with her experiment despite the lack of money.

尽管缺少资金，她还是坚持自己的实验。

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1·I insist on paying for the damage.

我坚持要赔偿损失。《牛津词典》

2·Oh, very well , then, if you insist.

啊，那好吧，如果你坚持的话。《牛津词典》

3·We insist on the highest standards at all times.

我们始终坚持最高标准。《牛津词典》

4·They insist on sticking to the letter of the law.

他们坚持严守法律的字面意义。《牛津词典》

5·Our buyers insist on high standards of workmanship and materials.

我们的买主对工艺和材料坚持要高标准。《牛津词典》

6·Many protesters insist they are pacifists, opposed to war in all forms.

许多抗议者坚持说他们是和平主义者，反对一切形式的战争。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

7·The authorities insist that the discussions must not be linked to any other issue.

官方坚持这些讨论绝不能和任何别的问题联系起来。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·Fed officials continued to insist that the dollar would soon return to stability but disaster struck.

联邦政府的官员们仍坚持说美元会很快恢复平稳，但灾难却爆发了。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·The analysts applaud the cuts in marginal businesses, but insist the company must make deeper sacrifices.

分析家们赞同对边际业务的削减，但坚持认为公司必须作出更大牺牲。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

10·I insist that you go with me.

我坚持要你跟我一起去。

坚持

1·But my dreams lie shattered across the desks of the seed merchants who insist there is no mangel seed to be found.

但我的梦想破灭了，散落在种子商人的桌子上，他们坚持说找不到甜菜种子。

2·Nor were these practices confined, as some scholars insist, to the later and supposedly decadent phases of the art.

正如一些学者所坚持的那样，这些做法也不局限于后期和所谓的艺术颓废阶段。

3·Taxi drivers in Taipei will refuse to transport passengers who ignore the sign and insist on lighting up inside the taxi.

台北出租汽车司机将拒载无视该标志并坚持在出租汽车里吸烟的乘客。

4·I don't have a labor contract, Dou said. There's no employer-side health insurance. If you insist, no one will hire you here.

“我没有劳动合同，”窦说，“也没有雇主方的医疗保险。如果你坚持要的话，在这里就不会有人雇你。”

5·Police insist that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa.

警方坚持认为迈克尔没有按正确的程序申请签证。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

坚持认为

1·The analysts applaud the cuts in marginal businesses, but insist the company must make deeper sacrifices.

分析家们赞同对边际业务的削减，但坚持认为公司必须作出更大牺牲。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Pre-K advocates insist it is proven and will succeed if integrated with the rest of the child's schooling.

提倡学前班的人坚持认为，这是经过验证的，并且如果能与孩子的其他教育结合起来，就会取得成功。

3·Some people think it is a good thing to donate blood for it could save somebody's life while others insist that we should not donate blood for it may cause some illnesses.

有些人认为献血是一件好事，因为它可以挽救某人的生命，而其他人坚持认为我们不应该献血，因为这可能会导致一些疾病。

4·What we're seeing, they insist, is the dawning of a new life stage - a stage that all of us need to adjust to.

他们坚持认为我们所见的是一个新生命阶段的开始——我们所有人都需要调整以适应这个阶段。

5·They insist climate decisions must follow what scientists recommend, with no room for debate or compromise.

它们坚持认为，关于气候的决定必须按照科学家的建议来，没有辩论或妥协的余地。

强调

1·I then insist swap, and then I print out their values again.

我再强调交换，然后我再打印出它们的值。

2·I then insist, okay, swap, and then I print out their values again.

我再强调，好的，交换好了，然后我再打印出，它们的值。

3·For now, Japanese automakers insist most of the vehicles they sell in the U.S. are made there or in Canada or Mexico.

暂时，日本汽车制造商强调他们在美国销售的汽车大部分是在美国、加拿大或者墨西哥制造的。

4·I all but insist that we pull out all the stops and pursue him like wolves, senior vice President Jonathan Rosenberg wrote to his fellow executives.

“我强调一定要全力以赴，如狼似虎的将他拉拢过来。”高级副总裁乔纳森·罗森伯格在写给他同事的邮件中说道。

5·Watson and her family insist she is an experienced and capable sailor who has studied navigation, electronics and maritime safety procedures.

沃森和家人强调她是一位富有经验和能力的船员，曾学习过航海学、电子学及海上安全规范。

坚决要求

1·They insist that I stay there for supper.

他们坚决要求让我留下吃晚饭。

2·Stay for supper - I insist!

我坚决要求（你们）留下吃晚饭。

3·People who think they're good in bed often insist on dragging accessories into bed with them.

他们好的想的人们在床上经常坚决要求把附件扯进和在一起的他们。

咬定

1·There is Chang Lizhi, there is often a li zhi, insist the goal of people most likely to succeed.

无志者常立志，有志者立常志，咬定一个目标的人最容易成功。

(1)insist on坚持，坚决要求；督促，强调

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