Event is not the size of the power, and can insist on how long.

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成大事不在于力量的大小,而在于能堅持多久。

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一、你知道insist有幾種含義嗎?

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1.堅決要求,堅持 [I]

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I think it unwise for both of us to insist on his own price.

我認(rèn)為雙方堅持自己的價格是不明智的。

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2.堅持說,固執(zhí)己見 [I]

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He contradicts everything I say, even if he has to insist that black is white.

他反駁我說的每一件事, 甚至堅持指鹿為馬。

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二、詞義辨析:表示相同詞義的還有哪些詞呢?

insist, persist, persevere, adhere, cling

這些動詞均有“堅持”之意。

insist通常用于對意見、主張等的堅持。

persist用于褒義指堅持繼續(xù)做某事,但更常用于貶義,指不聽勸告,頑固堅持。

persevere含褒義,強調(diào)堅持不懈的努力。

adhere與to連用,指堅持意見、計劃或承諾等,含堅持不懈之意。

cling和to連用,指對信仰、意見、習(xí)慣等的堅持。

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三、學(xué)會insist的用法了嗎?來做個小測試吧

It is very bad form to insist on talking about oneself.

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