該說insist doing還是insist to do?
請看下面一道題：They insisted _________ a car over to fetch us.
A. to send????????????????? B. sending?????????????????? C. on sending???????????? D. in sending
很多同學(xué)想當(dāng)然地認(rèn)為 insist 后接動詞時要用動名詞，從而誤選B。其實動詞 insist 后既不能接不定式也不能接動名詞，因為insist 通常用作不及物動詞；若語義上需接賓語，要借助介詞 on或upon，即用于 insist on [upon] (doing) sth；有時它也用作及物動詞，但其賓語通常只能是有時它也用作及物動詞，但其賓語通常只能是 insist on doing sth 這一結(jié)構(gòu)，想當(dāng)然的認(rèn)為 insist 后要接動名詞，忽略了其間的介詞 on。正確答案應(yīng)選C。又如：I insisted on buying a quality ear. 我堅持買一輛高質(zhì)量的車。

He insisted on the observance of training roles. 他堅持遵守訓(xùn)練規(guī)則。They insisted on being treated as equals. 他們堅持對他們要平等相待。
He went to the meeting and, what was worse, insisted on speaking. 他去參加了會議。更糟糕的是，還堅持要發(fā)言。

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