insist

言い張る、強く要求する

他の人が反対しても、自分の望みを繰り返し強く伝える。

やさしい英語で： To keep saying that you want something, even when other people disagree.

• You can come if you insist.
• He insisted on paying for lunch.
• Why do you insist on doing everything yourself?

使い方： insist on doing something (He insisted on driving despite our objections.); insist that someone do something (She insisted that we stay for dinner.)

類義語： demand

反対語： yield

よく使う表現： insist on something, insist on paying, insist on going, insist on payment

言い張る、主張する

特に他の人が疑っているとき、あることが本当だと強く言う。

やさしい英語で： To say firmly that something is true, especially when other people doubt it.

• I insist that I am right.
• She insisted she had never seen the letter.
• The witnesses still insist that they heard two shots.

使い方： insist that… (The driver insisted that the light was green.); insist on something (Despite the evidence, he insisted on his innocence.)

類義語： maintain, assert, declare

よく使う表現： insist that, insist on innocence