insist通常用作不及物動(dòng)詞和及物動(dòng)詞，有堅(jiān)持，堅(jiān)決要求等含義；作堅(jiān)決要求、一定要講時(shí),其賓語(yǔ)從句常用與將來(lái)事實(shí)相反的虛擬語(yǔ)氣。

一.用作不及物動(dòng)詞

I will have another glass if you insist.

你這樣堅(jiān)持,我就再喝一杯。

二.用作及物動(dòng)詞

They insisted that she should be invited.

他們堅(jiān)持要邀請(qǐng)她。

I insisted that you should be there on time.

我堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為你應(yīng)該準(zhǔn)時(shí)到那兒。

三.引出直接引語(yǔ)

“Surely he did right,” she insisted.

“肯定他做對(duì)了,”她堅(jiān)持說(shuō)。

四.insist on (doing) sth. 堅(jiān)持某種做法、意見(jiàn)、主張。

They insisted on leaving that day. 他們堅(jiān)持要在那天走。

五.insist作堅(jiān)決要求、一定要講時(shí),其賓語(yǔ)從句常用與將來(lái)事實(shí)相反的虛擬語(yǔ)氣,即should+動(dòng)詞原形,其中should可以省略。

Her father insists that she (should) learn music after she leaves school.

她父親堅(jiān)持說(shuō)她放學(xué)后應(yīng)該學(xué)音樂(lè)。