insistent, unyielding, inattention

Editorial
The End of Privacy?

Federal laws are too weak for new forms of surveillance of our plugged-in lives. This inattention carries a heavy price.

 Mr. Shamir was part of a group of politicians who rose to power in the 1970s and adopted an unyielding opposition to territorial concessions for Palestinians.


The best approach would be for China and Japan to agree to refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice, but realistically that won’t happen. And since some believe that the area is rich with oil and gas reserves, the claims from each side have become more insistent.


insistent

adj.

1. Firm in asserting a demand or an opinion; unyielding.
2. Demanding attention or a response: insistent hunger.
3. Repetitive and persistent: the jay's insistent cry.

insistently in·sis'tent·ly adv.

形]

1 〈人が〉（…に）固執する；しつこい, 執拗(しつよう)な((on, about ...))；ぜひとも（…）したい［したがる］((on doing, that節))

He was insistent on buying me dinner.
夕食をおごると言ってきかなかった

You are being too insistent.
しつこすぎるよ.

2 〈色・度合いなどが〉人目を引く；〈音などが〉強烈な

the insistent heat of summer
強烈な夏の暑さ.

3 〈要求などが〉しつこい.

in・sist・ent・ly

[副]

ùnyíelding[ùn・yíelding]

[形]〈物が〉弾力に欠けた, 硬い；〈人が〉頑固な.

ùn・yíelding・ly

[副]

ùn・yíelding・ness

[名]

attention

[名] 〔ténn〕 [U]1 注意（力）, 注目 the center of attention注目の的 pay ［give］ attention to ...…に注意を払う（▼^×pay...

attention deficit disorder

《精神医学》注意欠陥障害（略：ADD）：1つの活動に集中して注意を持続できない障害；落ち着きがなく, 多動性が見られ, 情緒不安定で衝動的な行動が多い. ▼((米))ではattention de...

attention span

（個人の）注意持続時間.