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Assert V Assertion ə'Sə:T V.断言,主张 英 断言,主张(To State

单词 assert
音标 [ə'sə:t]
解释 v.断言,主张
红宝书 【英】 v. 断言,主张(to state positively; declare, affirm)
【考】 calumny : assertion / perjury : testimony(诽谤是假断言/伪证 是假证词)反义词:diffidence( 羞怯,缺乏自信)
【记】 as+sert(参与)→一再 参与(讨论)→主张
【同】 派生词: assertive(adj. 言语果断的,断言的) ; assertiveness(n. 坚定而自信); assertion(n.坚决断 言)
【例】 The lawyer asserted that his client was innocent.
字源 assert (v.)
c.1600, "declare," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere "claim, maintain, affirm" (see assertion). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for one's rights" is recorded from 1879.
不择手段背单词 v. 断言(肯定地说出); 坚持己见(大胆地或强有力地提出观点, 使其为大家所知) = aver = avouch = avow = constate = depose = profess
【例】I had to assert myself in the meeting 我在会上不得不坚持自己的观点. assert sth to be true 断言某事是真实的
【记】as一再, sert参与-一再参与(讨论)-断言, 主张
【类】calumny: assertion = perjury: testimony诽谤是假断言 = 伪证是假证词assert: belabor = tend: fuss过分断言是冗长分析 = 过分照顾是大惊小怪
趣味全助记 【记】insert 插了一句话断言,宣称;很certain的说出
【相关】assert 断言,声称,desert 沙漠,放弃,逃跑,dessert 甜点,dissert 论述,exsert(向外+突起)突出,insert(向内突起)插入

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