insist on 和 insist 有相同意思,去区别在于用法和句型, 请看例句: (1)John insisted on paying for lunch today. (2)John insisted that I let him pay for lunch today. John insisted that he should pay for lunch today. 简单地说 (1) insist on 是不及物动词用法,要接名词短语, (2) insist (that) 是及物动词用法,要接从句。
insist 的汉语意思可以理解成是:坚称,固执地认为某个观点或者信仰的意思, 比如insist that the criminal must be punished.(他坚称罪犯应该受到处罚)。 而ininsist on 这个词,从它的on上就可以看出,这个词是包含有一种持续的含义的,所以在汉语中可以理解为坚持不懈地做某事。 比如insist on doing excises everyday(他每天坚持做练习).