First, there is the insistence that wisdom is necessary.

首先第一件是，坚持智慧是必须的。

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The insistence on minimum payments is a variation on this theme.

对最低还款额的坚持仅是这一主旨的一次衍生。

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The insistence on buying a house to live in, however, may in fact be misguided.

但是，对于买房居住的坚持有可能会被误导。

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She became involved in prostitution at the insistence of a former boyfriend, who beat her,and forced her to sell her body the first night they arrived.

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It brought Judean religion closer to monotheism because you have the insistence of worshiping one god in his one central sanctuary.

它使犹太人的宗教更接近于一神崇拜因为,对只崇拜一个神并且以他为祭祀中心的坚持。

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As I say, there's a certain instability which could never apply in the semiotics of the stoplight because there it's not so much a question of but rather the insistence that the color is just that color.

我承认，颜色的选择有时候是有规律的,但是在语义学上这解释不通,因为他们不考虑,但是语义学家认为颜色只单纯表示颜色。

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Rather than forcing a deal, the insistence may result in a series of monthly debt-ceiling increases.

WSJ: Stephen Moore: The Education of John Boehner

He pays little heed to the insistence that its intervention has been minimal, even minuscule.

BBC: Fighting the law

The insistence on buying a house to live in, however, may in fact be misguided.

ECONOMIST: Houses and prices