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 insistence [in'sistәns]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 坚持, 坚决主张



    insistence
    [ noun ]
    1. continual and persistent demands

    2. <noun.communication>
    3. the state of demanding notice or attention

    4. <noun.state>
      the insistence of their hunger
      the press of business matters
    5. the act of insisting on something

    6. <noun.act>
      insistence on grammatical correctness is a conservative position


    Insistence \In*sist"ence\, n.
    The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the
    act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence;
    urgency.

    1. His insistence that electronic rather than human exploration is the wave of the future brought him into conflict with the group manning Alvin, the famous miniature submarine.
    2. Mr. Bolger, whose firm has been polling for congressional candidates, says Mr. Bush's insistence that the country was already on the rebound gave voters the sense that he was "listening to the economists" instead of to the people.
    3. Ambassadorial nominee Donald Gregg, under intense questioning by Senate Democrats, did not waver Thursday from his insistence that he didn't know at the time about Oliver L. North's secret efforts to resupply Nicaraguan rebels.
    4. In Geneva, a U.S. official said an accord leading to a Red Army pullout was still possible despite Moscow's insistence on continuing military aid to Kabul.
    5. In a meeting with Lithuanian lawmakers in Moscow, Gorbachev did not repeat his previous insistence that independence be sought only under the terms of a Soviet secession law.
    6. It was very terrible." The next morning, at her tearful insistence, she was moved to a section for woman political prisoners.
    7. The Turkish Cypriot's insistence is considered a major complication in negotiations to reunify the island, which entered a new round in New York.
    8. The negotiations on a new Defence and Economic Cooperation Agreement have stumbled on Greece's insistence that the United States provide assurances that it will help solve Greece's differences with its neigbor and NATO ally Turkey.
    9. In addition, Barclays said it balked at Hill Samuel's insistence on an indemnity from liability for possible legal problems associated with transfering the corporate-finance business.
    10. His insistence that a return to the ERM will not be in the foreseeable future seems only common sense. The Conservative party is, of course, representative of the feelings in Britain as a whole.
    11. Once again, the spokesman sidestepped questions about Iraq's insistence on direct negotiations with Iran.
    12. The Farmer Mac proposal was included at the insistence of lawmakers sympathetic to commercial lenders and insurance companies.
    13. Walesa sipped champagne for the TV cameras and gave an awkward but affectionate kiss to his wife Danuta at the insistence of photographers.
    14. Mr Evert's old-fashioned insistence on state-oriented economic policies is trying the patience of reform-minded conservatives.
    15. The months-long negotiations with its banks apparently stalled over Lomas's insistence that its new credit facility cover principal payments on certain debt that might mature over the next two years.
    16. But those words were included at French, and to a lesser extent British, insistence.
    17. President Bush on Friday refused to say whether he'd veto a Democratic-sponsored effort to outlaw flag burning because their statute does not go along with his insistence on a constitutional amendment.
    18. Ms Jennifer Hillman, chief textile negotiator, has accepted US industry insistence that the quota phase-out be tied to 'substantial market access commitments, especially from the developing countries'.
    19. "If this ruling stands, virtually every commercial contract would be subject to being rewritten by the courts at the insistence of a party who felt that the agreement was not as advantageous as he would have liked," Paramount said in a statement.
    20. During his visit to Washington last week, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze dropped the previous Soviet insistence that a united Germany had to be entirely neutral.
    21. But these have not been the first time I have cringed over the insistence of the media that there is a story where there really isn't one.
    22. The same official overhauled his ruling on Tuesday at White House insistence.
    23. He said the delay is due directly to President Bush's insistence on safeguards to protect U.S. technology.
    24. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar today denied that his peace talks with Iran and Iraq are in trouble because of Iraq's insistence on a face-to-face meeting with its foe.
    25. He has disagreed with West Germany's insistence that a unified Germany be a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
    26. Cypriot authorities, at the insistence of Kuwaiti officials, rejected the proposals, according to the television report.
    27. At a Free Democrats convention in Cologne on Sunday, Genscher restated West Germany's insistence that talks begin soon on short-range nuclear weapons.
    28. Norden was not among the three finalists but was added at Stone's insistence, according to the statement.
    29. In another extraordinary turnabout, the President also proposed reductions in combat aircraft and helicopters, which had been excluded from the Vienna talks at the insistence of some NATO members.
    30. In doing this, the board said, Gatting "behaved irresponsibly" Cricket has been played in England for more than 700 years and an insistence on impeccable behavior on and off the playing field is a deeply imbedded tradition.
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