TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingwhen you demand that something should happen and refuse to let anyone say no 坚决要求,坚持
insistence that
his insistence that they discuss the problem
他坚持要他们讨论这个问题
insistence on
an insistence on punctuality
坚决主张守时
at somebody’s insistence (=because someone insisted) 在某人的坚持之下
At her father’s insistence, she joined them for a drink.
在父亲的坚持下,她和他们一起喝了一杯。
Examples from the Corpus
at somebody’s insistence• At Joanna's insistence we stayed the night at her house.• At Stevenson's insistence, Reynold's name was kept on the list.• U.S. troops were finally removed from the country at the insistence of Congress.• Byrd claims he was carrying the gunat his wife's insistence.• I took a local guide with me at the insistence of the government authorities.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + INSISTENCE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤dogged, dogmatic, stubborn頑固的/教條的/固執的堅持➤constant, continued, repeated不斷的/持久的/再三的堅持◇their repeated insistence that the trial be held in a US court他們再三堅持要由一家美國法院來審理➤earlier先前的堅持VERB + INSISTENCE➤abandon, drop放棄/不再堅持◇The union has dropped its earlier insistence that workers should receive bonus payments.工會先前堅持工人應得到獎金,但現在已不再堅持了。PREPOSITION➤at sb's insistence, on sb's insistence在某人的堅持下◇At the insistence of his father, he bought himself a new suit.在父親的堅持下,他給自己買了一套新西裝。➤insistence by⋯的堅持◇the insistence by the government that 25% of all household waste be recycled政府堅持 25% 的家庭垃圾應該回收利用➤insistence on, insistence upon對於⋯的堅持◇an insistence upon the highest standards of grammatical correctness對語法準確性最高標準的堅持