assertion
英 [?'s???(?)n]
美 [?'s???n]
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible.
- 這些制度使實現(xiàn)民族認(rèn)同的主張成為可能。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.
- 人們認(rèn)為女性不應(yīng)該過于自信。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying.
- 他認(rèn)定部長說謊，事實果然如此。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. He made an assertion that he was not responsible for it.
- 他硬說,他對此事沒有責(zé)任.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.
- 他試圖反駁原告方證人所作的斷言.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》