insisted
翻譯
堅持, 堅決主張, 堅決要求
例句
He insisted on paying for the meal.
他堅持要付飯錢。
She insisted that he was wrong.
她堅持說他錯了。
文法模式
((on sth./-ing)) 堅持（某事）. He insisted on his innocence.
((that ...)) 堅稱（…）. She insisted that she was right.
近義詞
同義詞: assert, maintain, demand; 反義詞: concede, yield
詞源
源自拉丁語 'in-' (在...上) + 'sistere' (站立)。字面意思是「站在上面」。
記憶技巧
想像某人堅定地「站(sist)在(in)」自己的立場上，毫不動搖。