insistence

固執、言い張ること

何かが必ず行われるべきだ、または本当だと言い続けること。

やさしい英語で： The act of continuing to say that something must happen or is true.

• His insistence finally changed their minds.
• Her insistence on paying surprised me.
• Despite his repeated insistence, nobody believed the story.

使い方： insistence on something/doing something (His insistence on following every rule slowed us down.); insistence that… (Her insistence that she was right annoyed everyone.)

類義語： persistence

よく使う表現： continued insistence, stubborn insistence, insistence on something

強い要求

誰かに何かをするよう強く求めること。

やさしい英語で： A strong demand that someone do something.

• We stayed at her insistence.
• At my father’s insistence, I called the police.
• Their insistence that we pay immediately seemed unreasonable.

使い方： at someone’s insistence (At her doctor’s insistence, she took a week off.); insistence that someone do something (His insistence that we leave immediately caused an argument.)

類義語： demand

よく使う表現： at someone’s insistence, urgent insistence

押し込み攻撃

フェンシングで、相手の防御を力で押し切って攻撃すること。

やさしい英語で： In fencing, using strength to push an attack through an opponent’s attempt to block it.

• The fencer used insistence to overcome the block.
• His insistence forced the blade past her defence.
• The coach demonstrated an attack with insistence.

よく使う表現： insistence against parry, attack with insistence