| 词汇 | assert |
| 释义 | assert verb[ T ] uk /əˈsɜːt/ us /əˈsɝːt/ assert yourself C2 to behave in a way that expresses your confidence, importance, or power and earns you respect from others: 坚持自己的主张;表现坚定 I really must assert myself more in meetings.我在会议上确实必须立场更坚定一些。 Don't be afraid to assert yourself and make your views clear. Refusing to help with the housework was his way of asserting himself. Things began to change when women asserted themselves politically. Boarding school was a tough environment, and she quickly learned to assert herself. She very quickly asserted her authority over the class. Tough new policies are needed if the authorities are to assert control over a crime-ridden city. The book asserts that the 1969 moon landing was a hoax. The prime minister asserted that he had no intention of resigning. He made a special appearance on television asserting that the allegations against him were false. C1formal to say that something is certainly true: 断言;坚称 [ + that ]He asserts that she stole money from him.他一口咬定她偷了他的钱。 to say something sayWhen I say your name, raise your hand. utterShe barely uttered a word all morning. they sayThey say the house is haunted. it is saidIt is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. stateUnion members stated that they were unhappy with the proposal. remarkHe remarked that she was looking thin. C2 to do something to show that you have power: 主张;维护;坚持 assert your authority She very rarely asserts her authority over the children.她很少摆出大人的权威来管教孩子。 assert your right Throughout the Cold War, the Allies asserted their right to move freely between the two Berlins.冷战期间，盟国自始至终坚持其在东西柏林之间自由来往的权利。 She very quickly asserted her authority over the class. Tough new policies are needed if the authorities are to assert control over a crime-ridden city. The book asserts that the 1969 moon landing was a hoax. The prime minister asserted that he had no intention of resigning. He made a special appearance on television asserting that the allegations against him were false. Assertions & asserting affirm affirmation airing assert your right assertion attestation beg emphatic gaslight hate speech lay something on the lineidiom maintain plead pretend reaffirm rooftop self-affirmation send send a messageidiom set yourself up as something assert | American Dictionaryassert verb[ T ] us/əˈsɜrt/ to state an opinion or claim a right forcefully: [ + that clause ]The companies have asserted that everything they did was appropriate. To assert is also to behave in a way that shows power, authority, or control: Several members of Congress called upon the president to assert leadership. If you assert yourself, you act forcefully in a way that expresses your confidence: You have to learn to speak up and assert yourself at meetings, or you’ll never get anywhere. assertionnoun[ C ]us/əˈsɜr·ʃən/ Critics say the company forces workers to drive recklessly, an assertion the company denies. Examples of assertassert The attempt to discredit sectarian practices asserted the professionalism of regular medicine by implicitly disavowing its curious past as well as asserting its clinical present. Claims such as 'the table is square', or 'the earth is round', typically have the function of asserting that certain facts obtain in the world. The analysis tracks both the number of stories and whether the balance of commentary in each story asserts or denies the existence of a mandate. Similarly, a covariational pattern, if asserted as causal, presumes a (yet to be identified) causal mechanism. By these means the author asserted the triviality of the elephant-fight and presented it as the amusement of an inferior mind. The sample, constrained by the ontology, is asserted into a knowledge base which is continually queried for evidence of an intrusion or an attack. The user can enter numbers in the body of the table, and these are interpreted and asserted as facts in the knowledge base. A logic engine typically has facts asserted, and queries requested, in a fairly ordered sequence. He asserts that it is therefore more beneficial to focus upon what a welfare state does, rather than how much money it is afforded. Like us, the latter authors asserted that the primitive epithelium in schistosomes is embryo derived. Other attributes are asserted to be derivative characteristics or innovative improvements, rather than essentials. Again, one plausibly asserts that the evidence supports the hypothesis. The essay also has a methodological aim, which is to defend its conclusions without asserting the universality of standard liberal-democratic norms. Based on this information, one plausibly asserts that the evidence supports the hypothesis. There is no reason to think that the latter content cannot be asserted but can only be presupposed. See all examples of assert These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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