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assert

美音:[ə´sə:t ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.断言,声称

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名词:asserter 动词过去式:asserted 过去分词:asserted 现在分词:asserting 第三人称单数:asserts 形容词:assertable

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sert=to join(结合),to put(放置)

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affirm  declare  insist-on  pronounce  state    

assert


/ə'sɜ:t; ə`sɝt/
v
1 [Tn]
(a) make others recognize (sth) by behaving firmly and confidently 坚定而有信心地使别人认识到(某事物); 坚持
*assert one's authority, independence, rights 坚持自己的权威性, 独立性, 权利.
(b) ~ oneself behave in a confident manner that attracts attention and respect 表现出自信而受到注意和尊重
*You're too timid you must try to assert yourself more. 你太畏缩了--要尽量增强自信心.
2 [Tn, Tf] state (sth) clearly and forcefully as the truth 清楚而有力地表明(某事物)为事实; 声称; 断言
*She asserted her innocence/that she was innocent. 她坚称自己很清白[她是无辜的].

assert


v [T]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of asserere, from ad- 'to' + serere 'to join']
to state firmly that something is true
 French cooking, she asserted, is the best in the world.
assert that
 He asserted that nuclear power was a safe and non-polluting energy source.
assert your rights/independence/superiority etc
to state very strongly your right to something
 Native Americans asserting their rights to ancestral land
assert yourself
to behave in a determined way and say clearly what you think
 Women began to assert themselves politically.
assert itself
if an idea or belief asserts itself, it begins to influence something
 National pride began to assert itself.