He insisted on his innocence.

他坚持说他是无辜的。

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"We do tune our guitars before we go on," he insisted.

“我们继续演奏之前一定要为吉他定音，”他坚持说。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He insisted these photographs were not art but obscenity.

他坚持认为这些照片不是艺术而是淫秽品。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He insisted on buying me a drink and pulled 2 one-dollar bills from his pocket.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

Now the Elder Brother, we remember, hastily dismissed his brother's pessimism, and then he insisted that the Lady's virginity was fully capable of protecting her from any such physical attack.

这时候哥哥，我们记得，立即消除了弟弟的忧虑，他坚持认为,少女的贞洁完全可以,保护她不受任何外界伤害。

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He insisted on buying me a drink and pulled two one-dollar bills from his pocket.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

But he insisted that nothing he planned would raise the deficit "by a single dime".

BBC: State of the Union: Obama pledges to reignite economy

He insisted the state still had a crucial role to play in ensuring fair funding and access.

BBC: David Cameron: End state monopoly over public services

And he insisted that Japan needs to keep land mines to deter possible attacks on the country's coastline.

CNN: Japan says it will break ranks, sign land mine treaty