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(jiān)持多久。

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一、你知道insist有幾種含義嗎？

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1.堅(jiān)決要求，堅(jiān)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(jiān)持自己的價(jià)格是不明智的。

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2.堅(jiān)持說(shuō)，固執(zhí)己見(jiàn) [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(shuō)的每一件事， 甚至堅(jiān)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(dòng)詞均有“堅(jiān)持”之意。

insist通常用于對(duì)意見(jiàn)、主張等的堅(jiān)持。

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

persevere含褒義，強(qiáng)調(diào)堅(jiān)持不懈的努力。

adhere與to連用，指堅(jiān)持意見(jiàn)、計(jì)劃或承諾等，含堅(jiān)持不懈之意。

cling和to連用，指對(duì)信仰、意見(jiàn)、習(xí)慣等的堅(jiān)持。

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三、學(xué)會(huì)insist的用法了嗎？來(lái)做個(gè)小測(cè)試吧

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

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