ADJECTIVE | VERB + INSISTENCE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤dogged, dogmatic, stubborn頑固的/教條的/固執的堅持➤constant, continued, repeated不斷的/持久的/再三的堅持◇their repeated insistence that the trial be held in a US court他們再三堅持要由一家美國法院來審理➤earlier先前的堅持VERB + INSISTENCE➤abandon, drop放棄/不再堅持◇The union has dropped its earlier insistence that workers should receive bonus payments.工會先前堅持工人應得到獎金,但現在已不再堅持了。PREPOSITION➤at sb's insistence, on sb's insistence在某人的堅持下◇At the insistence of his father, he bought himself a new suit.在父親的堅持下,他給自己買了一套新西裝。➤insistence by⋯的堅持◇the insistence by the government that 25% of all household waste be recycled政府堅持 25% 的家庭垃圾應該回收利用➤insistence on, insistence upon對於⋯的堅持◇an insistence upon the highest standards of grammatical correctness對語法準確性最高標準的堅持