insist 与persist 大致有两个方面的区别。
例句:
She insisted on writing at once.
她坚持立即写信。
If you persist in breaking the law you will go to prison .
如果你执意犯法, 你会进监狱的。
为”解,而有时作“坚持”解。在后一情况,that 从句的谓语动词要用be 型虚拟语气或should + 动词原形。
例句:
I insisted ( to everyone ) that he was wrong .
我( 对每个人都) 坚持说他是错误的。
I insisted that he( should) go .
我坚持让他走。
He persisted that he was innocent of crime .
他坚持说他是无罪的。