insist

insist /in'sist/
  • động từ (+ on)
    • cứ nhất định; khăng khăng đòi, cố nài
    • nhấn đi nhấn lại, nhấn mạnh (một điểm trong lập luận...); khẳng định tính chất chính nghĩa của sự nghiệp mình

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): insistence, insist, insistent, insistently

Xem thêm: take a firm stand, importune, assert



insist

Từ điển Collocation

insist verb

ADV. firmly, strongly | stubbornly He stubbornly insisted on doing it all himself. | absolutely I'm paying for this?no, I absolutely insist. | gently, quietly He quietly but firmly insisted. | always | repeatedly | still She still insists her critics are wrong. | rightly People rightly insist on being treated as individuals.

VERB + INSIST continue to | try to | be entitled to Employers are entitled to insist that employees honour the terms of their agreement.

PREP. on/upon He insists on speaking to you personally

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; take a firm stand

    I must insist!

  • beg persistently and urgently; importune

    I importune you to help them

  • assert to be true; assert

    The letter asserts a free society

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

insists|insisted|insisting
syn.: demand maintain press stress urge