N-UNCOUNT [NOUN that]坚持;坚决要求;坚称 Someone's insistence on something is the fact that they insist that it should be done or insist that it is the case. 坚持;坚决要求;坚称 [Also + on]
...Raeder's insistence that naval uniform be worn.
雷德坚决要求穿海军制服
He admired your insistence on understanding things and making your point, even when he preferred his own.
他敬佩你弄清楚问题、说服别人接受你的主张的那份坚持,即便有时他更倾向于自己的见解。
She had attended an interview, at her boyfriend's insistence.
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