词汇辨析：assist, consist, insist, pers

assist 帮助（其原意为站在一旁，搀扶）。

consist: consist of （由...组成）。

如：印度尼西亚由七千多岛屿组成。

Indonesia consists of more than 7000 islands.

= Indonesia is made up of more than 7000 islands.

= Indonesia is composed of more than 7000 islands.

insist: insist on （坚决要求）。后面接介词on ，也可直接连用that 引导的名词从句。

如：He insisted on my going there with him. / He insisted that I should go

there with him. 他坚决要求我跟他一起去。

●辨析     assist, consist, insist, persist, resist

persist: persist in （坚持）。

如：The kind nurse persisted in reading books to the boys in the hospital.

resist 抵制；反对

resist temptation 抵制诱惑

【例题】She _____ the temptation to buy a coat she could not afford.

A. challenged

B. insisted

C. contradicted

D. resisted

『正确答案』D

『答案解析』句意：她不受诱惑，不去买她买不起的外衣。resist 此处意指（=keep oneself

back from ）“忍住......”，resist temptation （不受诱惑）。