insist的用法小结

动词 insist 的用法与语法

1.表示“坚持”“主张”等，可及物或不及物。用作及物动词时，其后通常只接that 从句作宾语，而不能接名词或代词作宾语，也不能接不定式或动名词作宾语。如：

误：He insisted his demand.

误：She insisted paying [to pay] for herself.

但是若其后接有介词on 或upon, 则可后接名词、代词、动名词。如：

He insisted on his demand. 他坚持他的要求。

She insisted on paying for herself. 她坚持要付她自己的那一份钱。

2.其后可接that-从句，但要根据意思的不同而分清两种情况：

(1) 表示“坚持要”“一定要”，从句所指的一般是尚未实现的事实，此时谓语通常用虚拟语气（即should+动词原形），而且引导词that 一般不省略（尤其是当已经省略should 时）。如：

The detective insisted that he should have a look. 警探坚持要查看。

I insisted that he (should) go with

us. 我坚持要他和我们一块儿去。

(2) 表示“坚持说”“坚持认为”，从句所指的通常是已经发生的事或已存在的状态，谓语一般用陈述语气，引导词that 可省略。如：

He still insisted he wasn’t there at the time. •他仍然坚持说他当时不在那儿。

John insisted that he heard somebody in the house. 约翰坚持说他听到房子里有人。

比较下面的句子：

He insists that she is careful. 他力言她是小心的。

He insists that she should be careful. 他坚持要她小心。

He insisted that he was not ill, but the doctor insisted that he should take the medicine. 他坚持说他没有病，但医生却坚持要他服药。

3.在其后不用不定式的复合结构：

他一定要我们收下这些礼物。

误：He insisted us to accept these gifts.

正：He insisted on us [our] accepting these gifts.

正：He insisted that we (should) accept these gifts.

正：He insisted （on it） that

we (should) accept these gifts.

高考英语：insist用法介绍

I. 表示“坚持说；坚决认为(多与别人的观点不同)”，接that从句(从句的动作多为已发生之事)，从句使用陈述语气。如：

She insisted that he was wrong.

她坚持认为他错了。

II. 表示“坚决主张；坚持要求”，接that从句(从句的动作为将要发生之事)，谓语多为 should型的虚拟语气，即：主语+ should(可省略)+动词原形。如：

He insisted that we (should) accept these gifts.

他一定要我们收下这些礼物。

Jane insisted that he be present.

简坚持要他出席。

还可用于“insist on / upon + 名词或代词或动词-ing形式”结构中。如：

He insisted on / upon my going with

him.

他坚持要我跟他一起去。(= He insisted that I [should] go with him.)

I insist on seeing it. 我一定要见到它。(= I insist that I see it.)

Ⅲ. if you insist 常用于口语中，表示勉强同意。如：

All right，I’ll do it， if you insist.

好吧，如果你一定要我干这事，我就去干。

【跟踪练习】

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填

入空白处的最佳选项。

1. The man insisted ______ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.

A. find

B. to find

C. on finding

D. in finding

2. — How do you ______ we go to Beijing for our holidays

—I think we’d better fly there. It’s much more comfortable.

A. insist

B. imagine

C. suppose

D. suggest

3. He insisted that he ______ right，and so he insisted that his plan ______ carried out at once.

A. was； be

B. be； would be

C. was；was

D. be； should be

4. Driving a car is not as difficult