| 单词 | insistence |
| 释义 | insistence (once / 1485 pages) n Insistence is when someone persists in forcefully asking for or requiring something. A parent's insistence might be the only reason an unmotivated teenager sits down and does his homework. A store manager's insistence on selling things for the lowest prices might be the thing that keeps customers coming back, and your insistence on reading your speech first in class might get you to the front of the line. When you insist on something, you demand it — both words come from the Latin insistere, "persist, dwell upon, or stand upon," from in-, "upon," and sistere, "take a stand." WORD FAMILYinsistence: insistences+/insistency: insistencies/insistent: insistence, insistency, insistently USAGE EXAMPLESThe only regulatory mechanism is the insistence that all participation is voluntary, and all experience is reciprocal. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) He was pegged as “a field Marine,” a grunt suited for battle but not for the corps’ broader insistence on perfection. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) That is Mrs. May’s insistence that post-Brexit, the U.K. will no longer accept the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) 1n the act of insisting on something insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position Syn|Hyper insistency advocacy, protagonism active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something 2n the state of demanding notice or attention the insistence of their hunger Syn|Hyper imperativeness, insistency, press, pressure urgency the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity 3n continual and persistent demands Syn|Hypo|Hyper insisting purism scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language) demand an urgent or peremptory request |
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