核心畫面

Picture someone standing their ground and saying it again — and the second time matters more than the first, because it means the pushback did not move them. That under pressure is the word. Sometimes what is repeated is a claim (it IS true), sometimes a demand (it MUST happen), and sometimes it is not words at all but a habit the person will not drop.

可以想成:一個人站在原地,把話再說一次——而且第二次比第一次重要,因為那表示別人的反對沒有推動他。這份「被推了還是不更多收起可以想成:一個人站在原地,把話再說一次——而且第二次比第一次重要,因為那表示別人的反對沒有推動他。這份「被推了還是不動」就是這個字。重複的內容有時候是一個說法(就是真的),有時候是一個要求(就是得這樣),有時候根本不是話,而是一個他就是不肯改的習慣。

From the picture

非這樣不可的要求

重複的內容從「這是真的」換成「這件事一定要發生」:立場沒變,只是方向從陳述轉成要求。

insist, demand · verb · B1

To say firmly that something must happen, or that someone must do something.

堅持(要求)

改不掉的舉動

這次頂著壓力不動的不是一句話,而是一個行為:旁人再怎麼皺眉,他還是照做。

insist on doing something · verb · B2

To keep doing something again and again, especially something that makes things harder or more annoying for other people.

老是要(做某件事)

Also in this word

insist, assert firmly · verb · B1

To say again and again, in a strong way, that something is true, especially when other people do not believe it.

堅稱

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

insistverb/ɪnˈsɪst/

  • 1

    To hold up a claim emphatically.

    • The defendant insisted on his innocence.
    • I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.
  • 2

    To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.

    • The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.
    • The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.
  • 3

    obsoletegeometrymathematicssciencesTo stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

    • Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。