He insisted staying up to nurse the patient.

Question

He insisted staying up to nurse the patient.为什么要在insisted后加on？

Answer 1

insist on 和 insist 不同之处：

意思上：
insist 的汉语意思可以理解成是：坚称,固执地认为某个观点或者信仰的意思,比如insist that the criminal must be punished.(他坚称罪犯应该受到处罚).
ininsist on 这个词,从它的on上就可以看出,这个词是包含有一种持续的含义的,所以在汉语中可以理解为坚持不懈地做某事.比如insist on doing excises everyday（他每天坚持做练习）.

用法上：
（1） insist on 是不及物动词用法,要接名词短语,
（2） insist (that) 是及物动词用法,要接从句.
例句：
（1）John insisted on paying for lunch today.
（2）John insisted that I let him pay for lunch today.
John insisted that he should pay for lunch today.

Answer 2

词组，insist on坚持追问

根据E on后面是名词吗

Answer 3

insist on/upon (sb/one's) (doing) sth
如：
You should insist upon doing exercise every day.
You should insist on her apologizing to you.追问

staying up to nurse the patient 是名词吗？是名词做宾语吗？

追答

staying up to nurse the patient 是动名词做宾语

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谢谢

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