insist
US: /ˌɪnˈsɪst/
UK: /ɪnsˈɪst/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
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
Advanced English dictionary
verb ~ (on sth)1 to demand that sth happens or that sb agrees to do sth: [V] I didn't really want to go but he insisted. + Stay and have lunch. I insist! + 'Please come with us' 'Very well then, if you insist.' + (formal) She insisted on his / him wearing a suit. + [V that] He insists that she come. + (BrE also) He insists that she should come.
2 to say firmly that sth is true, especially when other people do not believe you: [V] He insisted on his innocence. + [V (that)] He insisted (that) he was innocent. [also V speech]
Phrasal Verbs: insist on / upon sth to demand sth and refuse to be persuaded to accept anything else: We insisted on a refund of the full amount. + [+ -ing] They insisted upon being given every detail of the case.
insist on doing sth to continue doing sth even though other people think it is annoying: They insist on playing their music late at night.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 demand, require, call for, command, importune, urge, exhort, argue, remonstrate, expostulate:
The chairman insisted that proper parliamentary procedure be followed.
2 assert, state, declare, emphasize, stress, maintain, persist, hold, dwell on, vow, avow, aver, asseverate:
He insisted that he wanted to see the last act but she insisted on leaving.
Collocation
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
Concise dictionary
insists|insisted|insistingɪn'sɪstverb
+be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
+beg persistently and urgently
+assert to be true
