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English-Thai Dictionary

insistence

N การยืนกราน  คำยืนยัน  kan-yean-kan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INSISTENCE

INSISTENCE In *sist "ence, n.

 

Defn: The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

insistence

in sist ence |inˈsistəns ɪnˈsɪstəns | noun the fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done: his insistence on unilateral nuclear disarmament. DERIVATIVES in sis ten cy noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

insistence

in ¦sist |ence |ɪnˈsɪst (ə )ns | noun [ mass noun ] the fact or quality of insisting that something is the case or should be done: Alison's insistence on doing the washing-up straight after the meal. DERIVATIVES insistency noun

 

Oxford Thesaurus

insistence

insistence noun 1 she sat beside Julia at Anne's insistence: demand, bidding, command, dictate, instruction, requirement, request, entreaty, urging, exhortation, importuning; informal say-so, arm-twisting; literary behest, hest. 2 there was too much vehemence in his insistence that he loved her: assertion, declaration, contention, statement, claim, proclamation, announcement, pronouncement, assurance, attestation, affirmation, avowal, averment, profession, swearing, emphasis, stress; rare maintenance, asseveration.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

insistence

in sis tence /ɪnsɪ́st (ə )ns /insist 名詞 s /-ɪz /U ⦅主に書 ⦆〖通例one 's «…という /…の » (強い )主張 ; 強要, 無理強い ; こだわり, 固執 «that /on (do ing (!(1 )具体例では C 単数形で, that節 on (doing )を続ける. (2 )that節内のshouldの省略については should 助動詞 語法 ) the lawyer's insistence on A's innocence Aは無罪だという弁護士の強い主張 at A's insistence at the insistence of A A 〈人 〉が強く言うので