"insistence" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 堅持

Definition

堅定地或反覆要求某事發生，或強烈堅持某種意見或請求的行為。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Insistence” 通常是中性的，用得太多會顯得過於固執。常見搭配有“at someone's insistence”（因某人堅持）和“with insistence”（堅持地）。大多用於意見、請求等，較少用於實體上的要求。

Examples

Her insistence on doing things her way surprised everyone.

她的**堅持**要用自己的方式做事，讓大家都很驚訝。

After much insistence, he finally agreed to help.

經過多次**堅持**，他終於同意幫忙了。

Because of his insistence, we changed the plan.

由於他的**堅持**，我們改變了計劃。

It was only at her insistence that we went to the restaurant she liked.

只有因為她的**堅持**，我們纔去她喜歡的餐廳。

His insistence really paid off in the end—they got the new equipment.

他的**堅持**最終得到了回報——他們拿到了新設備。

Despite my mom's insistence, I didn't take the umbrella.

雖然我媽媽**堅持**，我還是沒帶傘。