| 单词 |
insistence |
| 释义 |
insistence|ɪnˈsɪstəns|
Also 8– -ance.
[f. insist v. (or its L. source) + -ence. The spelling in -ance follows assistance, resistance, from French: cf. mod.F. insistance (Mercier, 1801).]
The action of insisting; the fact of being insistent; emphatic or urgent dwelling upon a statement, demand, etc.; also the quality of being insistent; = next.
1611Florio, Insistenza, insistence, persistance, an insisting. 1644Digby Mans Soul (1645) 111 It requireth no further particular insistance upon it, to shew [etc.]. 1727Art Speaking in Publick 137 (Jod.) The figure called epimone by the Greeks, and which we may call insistance. 1798W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXVII. 210 His general insistance on tradition. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1876) I. ix. 130 A..tone of insistence bordering at times on intimidation. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. vii. (1875) 300 The perpetual insistence on the motive of future rewards and punishments. 1892Mrs. A. Crosse Red letter Days I. 241 She says with great insistence that her rhymes are meant for rhymes. |
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