assertion
英 [ə'sɜːʃ(ə)n]
美[ə'sɝʃən]
- n. 断言，声明；主张，要求；坚持
词态变化
复数: assertions;
英文词源
- assertion (n.)
- early 15c., assercioun, from Middle French assertion (14c.) or directly from Late Latin assertionem (nominative assertio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin asserere "claim rights over something, state, maintain, affirm," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + serere "join" (see series). By "joining oneself" to a particular view, one "claimed" or "maintained" it.
双语例句
- 1. These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible.
- 这些制度使实现民族认同的主张成为可能。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.
- 人们认为女性不应该过于自信。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying.
- 他认定部长说谎，事实果然如此。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. He made an assertion that he was not responsible for it.
- 他硬说,他对此事没有责任.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.
- 他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言.
来自《简明英汉词典》