汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 执意
执意 (執意)
to be determined to / to insist on
坚持自己的意见、主张执意不从|执意要走|张鸾见他十分执意,心虽不乐,口中只得应允。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

雅典娜:你执意如此,我别无选择!

Athena: then you leave me no choice!

执意要去一所女子学校读书。

She was set on going to an all-girls school.

土地所有人执意要求高标准的景观美化。

The landowner insisted on a high standard of landscaping.

他很焦急,执意我们必须直接离开。

He was anxious and adamant that we had to leave straight away.

执意要违规的客户就有可能得逞。

Clients who are determined to do wrong probably can.

我母亲执意给我取名叫霍勒斯。

My mother insisted on naming me Horace.

执意呆在自己的房间里,坐在电话旁。

I stayed obstinately in my room, sitting by the telephone.

如果他们执意要和她搭讪,她就用一个手指按住那红宇,侧身而过。

If they were resolute to accost her, she laid her finger on the scarlet letter, and passed on.

因纽特人并非执意阻碍资源开发,他们只是要保证开发为利诸己。

The Inuit are not against development, but want to ensure that it happens on their terms.

晚餐时,我执意要他吃炸土豆片、饮点酒、吃甜品及说肮话,做一些他不允许自己做的事。

The rest of the dinner, I was hell-bent on getting him to eat French fries, drink wine, have dessert and say bad words, things he never seemed to allow himself to do.