1、arrangement

安排；准备；筹划

The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit.

工作人员正紧张忙乱地为峰会做最后准备。

She telephoned Ellen, but made no arrangements to see her.

她给埃伦打了电话，但没有约她见面。

商定；约定；协议

The caves can be visited only by prior arrangement.

这些洞穴只接受预约参观。

Her class teacher made a special arrangement to discuss her progress at school once a month.

她班上的老师作了特别安排，每月讨论一次她在学业上的进展情况。

排列；布置；整理

The house was always decorated with imaginative flower arrangements.

这所房子总是摆放着富有创意的插花。

an arrangement of dark-blue armchairs around a coffee table.

咖啡桌周围摆放了一些深蓝色扶手椅

2、insist

坚持;坚决认为(或主张、要求)

My family insisted that I should not give in, but stay and fight.

家里人坚持认为我不应让步,而应该留下来继续抗争。

She insisted on being present at all the interviews.

她坚持所有采访自己都要在场。

坚称;坚持说

The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.

总统坚持说他如此做是出于同情而不是为了投机。

It's not that difficult, she insists.

“并没有那么困难,”她坚持说。