If you ____ in taking this attitude, we'll have to ask you to leave. A. pursue B. resist C. insist D. persist 我搞不清 insist 与 persist 有什么区别。请分析。
insist 与 persist 大致有两个方面的区别。
A. insist 与介词 on 或 upon 连用, 而 persist 与介词 in 连用:
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Agent Neveu insisted on speaking to you immediately, Captain. (Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code) 奈芙警官非要立刻和您谈话，局长。（《达·芬奇密码》）
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She insisted upon lending them her car. (Sinclair) 她坚持把她的车借给他们。
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Why do you persist in writing such things? (London) 你为什么坚持写这样的东西？
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If you persist in breaking the law you will go to prison. (LDCE) 如果你坚持犯法,你就会进监狱。
B. 当后接宾语从句时, persist 作“坚持说”“反复说”解, 而 insist 有时作“坚持说”“坚持认为”解, 而有时作“坚持”解, 在后一情况, that 从句的谓语动词要用 be 型虚拟语气或 should + 动词原形。
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I insisted (to everyone) that he was wrong. (LDCE) 我(对每个人都)坚持说他是错误的。
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Art critics insisted he was an illustrator rather than an artist. (WTYB) 艺术评论家们坚持认为他是个插图画者，而不是个画家。
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I insisted that he (should) go. (LDCE) 我坚持让他走。
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We insisted that the meeting be adjourned. (CGEL) 我们坚持休会。
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He persisted that he was innocent of crime. (Thorndike) 他坚持说他是无罪的。
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Because it was faster, Sophia insisted in my taking the plane to Miami instead of the train. A B C D
insist on/keep up
- In spite of her father's objection, she insisted ____ (on taking, to take) her little sister to the discotheque.