assert

[əˈsɜ:t]
  • 释义

  • 声称，断言;维护，坚持;坚持自己的主张;生效;

  • 词义辨析
  • assert, affirm, allege, claim, declare
  • 这组词都有“以某种肯定口气提出…”的意思,它们之间的区别是:
    1.allege表示“声称,伪称”,常有借口的意思。例如:
    He alleged illness for a reason for not going to work.他称病,以此作为不去工作的理由。
    2.affirm表示“肯定,断言”,指坚信不疑因而断言。例如:
    It may be safely affirmed that he is innocent.可以断言,他是无罪的。
    3.assert表示“主张,断言”,指宣称某事如此,并不说它是事实,着重主观自信心。例如:
    He asserts the cause of liberty.他主张自由主义。
    4.claim表示“宣称”,语气比assert弱些。例如:
    He claimed to be the rightful heir.他声称自己是合法继承人。
    5.declare意味着因否认某事而郑重地宣称。例如:
    He declared that he had not done it.他声称他没干这事。
  • assert, defend, justify, maintain, vindicate
  • 这组词都有“坚持”的意思。它们的区别在于:maintain指坚持维护某种主张或某一事物,暗示在反对意见面前或在争论当中怀有坚定不移的信念; assert强调把自己的信念强加于人或者企图硬要别人信服或认可; defend专指捍卫某种行动、意见、决定等以免受到非难、惩罚或责备; vindicate特指在受到非难、责备、轻视等时为自己辩明或剖白; justify指用无可辨别的理由“证明…有道理或有根据”。
  • assert，affirm，allege，maintain，testify，claim
  • 这些动词都含有“断言，声称”之意。
    assert主观意味强，指自认为某事就是如此，而不管事实如何。
    affirm侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。
    allege多指无真凭实据，不提供证据的断言或宣称。
    maintain与assert近义，但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。
    testify多指在法庭作证，庄严地宣称自己所说属实。
    claim可与assert换用，但语气弱一些，侧重指行使自己的权利提出要求令他人承认。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal.

    各被告仍然坚称无辜，预计会提起上诉。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 2、

    Discusses and provides example code for using the ASSERT macro to check for assertion failures.

    讨论并提供有关使用ASSERT宏检查断言失败的代码示例.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 3、

    She continued to assert that she was innocent.

    她仍然坚称自己无辜。

    ——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
  • 4、

    After the war, the army made an attempt to assert its authority in the south of the country.

    战后，军队试图在该国的南部地区维护其统治地位。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 5、

    Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.

    赫尔姆先生打算声明该法案违反了宪法第一修正案。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 6、

    After having been subjugated to ambition, your maternal instincts are at last starting to assert themselves.

    你那被雄心壮志压制已久的母性本能终于开始展现出来。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 7、

    The president has been able to assert his ultimate supremacy over the prime minister.

    总统行使了高于总理的最高决策权。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 8、

    The Nordic countries have been quick to assert their interest in the development of the Baltic States.

    北欧诸国很快就表示它们对波罗的海诸国的发展感兴趣。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 9、

    To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.

    坚持这一点就是贬低警方的办事能力.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    The enemy will invariably seek opportunities to assert himself.

    敌人是一定要寻找机会表现他们自己的.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 11、

    I choose rather to hesitate my opinion than to assert it roundly.

    我宁可犹疑地表示我的意见而不愿直率地断言这件事.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 12、

    You must assert yourself or they will continue to bully you.

    你必须维护自己的权利,否则他们还会欺负你.

    ——辞典例句
  • 13、

    It is not correct to assert that streamlining is more important than propulsion.

    评估流线型和推进力哪个更重要是不正确的.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 14、

    After all, we are all normal humans, no one assert that'I am the truth.

    要知道, 我们都是凡人, 没有人敢自称, “ 我就是真理”.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 15、

    Several federal attempts to assert sovereignty have trampled on northern sensitivities.

    加拿大几次强调其统治权的决定都牵涉到了北部的敏感问题.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 16、

    Women should assert themselves more!

    妇女应该继续维护她们的权利.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 17、

    I shall assert and support three arguments that are at wide variance with the received wisdom.

    我将宣布并支持三个观点,他们与已经接受的智慧完全不同.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 18、

    If what you assert is true, then we need to question the information source's creditability.

    如果你所坚称的是真的, 那么我们就必须质疑这消息来源的可信性了.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 19、

    His assert is estimated at about $ 800000.

    他的财产约值80万美元.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 20、

    But when it comes to controlling budget deficits, the commission is determined to assert itself.

    可是说到控制预算赤字, 欧盟委员会坚决要自己维持.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 21、

    Justice will assert itself.

    正义必将伸张.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 22、

    I assert you now, you are that person!

    现在我就认定你了, 你就是那个人!

    ——期刊摘选
  • 23、

    However, I would not assert that an XP team is a level 5 team.

    但是, 我不能断言XP团队就是一个5级团队.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 24、

    But he also continued to assert that bankruptcy could not be an option.

    但他也继续声称公司不可能考虑破产.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 25、

    In this paper, we mainly discuss the derivative security pricing problem for the untradable underlying assert.

    作者主要讨论了标的资产为不可交易情形下衍生证券的定价问题.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 26、

    When we assert we can, we mean that politically we can.

    我们能者是政治上能.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 27、

    He was never able to assert himself sufficiently.

    他从来不能有效地维护自己的权利.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 28、

    They must learn the ropes before they can assert themselves.

    职场新人在展露才能之前,必须先学会做事的诀窍.

    ——期刊摘选
  • 29、

    I had to assert myself the meeting in order to ensure acquisition of the new book.

    我在会上不得不坚持自己观点以保证得到那本新书.

    ——期刊摘选
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