栾志国清晓的回答

Perseverance
suggests
praiseworthy
and
enduring
patience
Perseverance
表明值得赞扬的、坚持到底的耐性(褒义)：
“Great
works
are
performed,
not
by
strength,
but
perseverance”
(Samuel
Johnson).
“伟大的作品不是靠力量而是靠毅力来完成的”
（塞缪米·约翰逊）。
insistence
中性
名词
n.
坚持;强调;竭力主张;坚决要求[U][(+on/upon)][+that]
We
resent
your
insistence
that
the
debt
(should)
be
paid
at
once.
我们对你执意让人立即偿还债款的要求感到气恼。
the
government's
insistence
on
a
price
freeze
政府坚持冻结物价