01 Insist or persist

persist:

Defination：continue in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. persist 是不管多难，都要坚持把事情做下去。

侧重于坚持做事情，比如说坚持学英语，用 persist 不用 insist

persist in doing sth:

I persist in learning English every day. 我每天坚持学英语。

persist in doing sth 不要说 persist to do 或者 persist do sth

insist

Defination：to demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal. insist 是强硬的要求，不允许反驳

侧重于坚持观点、立场，或是某人执意做某事

比如两个人在抢买单，有人会说：Let me get this. I insist！让我买单吧，我一定要买。

persist 倾向于坚持一项行动或活动，比如健身、学英语，但 insist 更倾向坚持立场、观点，比如买单。

insist that + 从句：

My girlfriend insisted that I should shave my beard. 我女朋友坚持让我剃胡子。

My husband insisted that we should go camping. 我老公执意去野营。

insist on (doing) sth:

My kids insisted on playing outside despite the rain. 尽管下雨，我的孩子就是要在外面玩。

Adam insisted on Thai food. Adam 执意要吃泰国菜。

02 Oral expressions

persist 和 insist 都不是口语表达，外国人很少在日常生活中用这两个表达，这些是更为常见的表达：

keep

keep doing sth

keep on/at doing sth

I keep working every day. 我每天坚持工作。

I keep on/at studying. 我坚持学习。

但要注意，不要说 keep to do，这是错误表达。

当一个人工作很认真，你可以鼓励TA保持努力工作：

Keep it up.

Keep up the good work.

stick

stick to sth

你可以说 stick to doing sth, 但 stick 不常加 doing，常常只是 stick to sth，比如 stick to my plan， stick 不仅有坚持，还有保持的意味在里面。

It's easy to make a plan but it's not easy to stick to it. 制定计划是很简单的，但坚持是很难的。

It's hard to stick to a healthy diet. 保持健康饮食是很难的。

see it through

see it through 坚持到底

through 是从头到尾，而这里的 it 是一个清晰的计划、目标，是有终点会结束的，比如说雅思考多少分。

The project faced challenges, but she saw it through to the end. 这个项目遇到了一些困难，但她还是坚持到底了。

not give up

很多外国人可能都不会直接说坚持，而是用 not give up，别放弃，表示坚持。

Learning English isn't easy，but I won't give up. 学英语不是一件容易的事，但我是不会放弃的。

Hard work / Persistence pays off. 坚持就是胜利。希望大家都可以坚持学英语，迎来属于自己的胜利！

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