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in favour of为…而征战,参加支持…的活动

例句：Are you in favour of this plan?
      你赞成这一计划吗?

2.The Organisation of American States is reported to have recommended that the governing party candidate in Haiti's disputed presidential election should be dropped from the run-off vote.

虚拟语气用在 suggest, demand, insist, ask, move, advise. desire, order, propose, require, recommend, request, maintain, vote 等表示建议，命令，请求的动词后的宾语从句中，从句的谓语用 should 原形动词，但美国英语中常要省去 should 。例如：

　　I suggest we start at once.

　　They propose that you (should) read the rules carefully.

　　The commander ordered that the soldier fire at the enemy.

　　He insisted that he go there on foot.

　　I move that the meeting be adjourned. 我提议休会. move:(在会议上)提议，动议

3.The results of the first round of Haiti's presidential election in November provoked violent protests by supporters of pop  star Michel Martelly, who insists he, and not Jude Celestin, came second. Amid rising tension, the OAS was asked to review the vote count.

insist【用法一】 v. 坚决要求；坚持要；一定要

例1：we insisted on his apology.

我们要他赔礼道歉。

例2： she insisted on seeing us home.

她坚持要送我们回家。

例3： i insisted on their arriving there ahead of time.

我坚持要他们提前赶到那。

注：1）insist on 后面不能接由“名词或代词 + 动词不定式”构成的复合宾语。不能说：the teacher insisted on all the compositions to be handed in on monday.

2）insist +宾语从句（从句中的谓语动词常用虚拟语气，即should + 动词原形或

省去should）。例如： the young men insisted that they （should） be sent to the front.

那些年轻人坚持要求被派往前线去。

【用法二】v. 坚持认为，坚持说，强调

1） insist on +名词。

例如： he insisted on his innocence.

他坚持说自己无罪。

2）insist on + 宾语从句在表示一个客观事实时（谓语动词不用虚拟语气，而应用陈述语气）。

例如： the boy insisted that he hadn’t broken the glass.

那小男孩坚持说他没有打烂玻璃杯。