Alves's agent Jose Rodriguez Baster has now insisted that they want Sevilla to accept Chelsea's bid.

阿尔维斯的经纪人何塞-罗德里格斯坚持要求塞维利亚接受切尔西的报价。

The team of tough, independent professionals assembled by the United Nations' new chief inspector, Hans Blix, must be allowed to do its job unhindered, as Washington insists.

布里克斯组建的坚韧、独立、专业的核查小组，应当象华盛顿所坚持要求的那样，能够在伊拉克不受限制地展开核查。

We have to insist on your abiding by the agreement.

我们不得不坚持要求你方遵守协议。

We insist that you abide by the contract.

我们坚持要求你方遵守合同。

The plaintiff being a chimney sweeper's boy found a jewel and carried it to the defendant's shop to know what it was, and delivered it into the hands of the apprentice, who under pretence of weighing it, took out the stones, and calling to the master to let him know it came to three halfpence, the master offered the boy the money, who refused to take it, and insisted to have the thing again, whereupon the apprentice delivered him back the socket without the stones.

该案发生在1722年的英国。原告是一个烟筒清洁工。一天，原告捡到一枚宝石，然后交给被告金行鉴定。原告将宝石交给金行的徒弟手里。该徒弟在假装称重时将宝石取下，然后告诉师傅，原告捡到的东西价值3个半便士。师傅就付钱给原告。原告不接受钱，坚持要求被告返还原物。徒弟在要求之下只将嵌宝石的托子还给原告，没有将宝石还给原告。

He was devoutly religious, insisting that his wife also convert.

他非常虔诚，坚持要求妻子也改信同样的宗教。

He is good at fleshing out the lives and concerns of the people who stand to gain from reducing particular trade barriers, as well as the worries of those who oppose change.

他不但擅长描述反对改变者们的担忧，还擅长描述人们的生活以及他们的忧虑——这些人经常受贫困所扰，但坚持要求减少某些贸易壁垒以从中获利。

In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to

但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。

Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his bands.

但他还是坚持要求将信的全文写在信纸上。

In theory, investors could demand changes - they could insist that banks stop setting aside half their net revenue for compensation, a far higher share than in most industries.

理论上，投资者应该是要求变革的——他们可以坚持要求银行不再将他们净收入的一半留作薪酬，这一比例远高于大多数行业的水平。