assert

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vt. 主张, 坚称, 断言 [法] 宣称, 断言, 维护

发音

UK /əˈsɜːt/
US /əˈsɝt/

词形变化

asserts 复数 asserted assertedst assertest asserteth asserting asserts 三单 asserts asserting 现在分词 asserted 过去式 asserted 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

维护，坚持；断言；主张；声称

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of assertion.

    计算机 工程 数学
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

    断定

    He would often assert that there was life on other planets.

  2. 2.

    To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

    to assert one's authority

    Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.

  3. 3.

    To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.

    to assert our rights and liberties

  4. 4.

    To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.

    Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself.

  5. 5.

    To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).

    计算机 工程 数学
  6. 6.

    To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

    商务 工程 物理 电子

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

swear insist maintain swan verify affirm aver put forward asseverate avow

上位词 10

do act carry bear behave insist conduct declare deport acquit

下位词 10

take tell say hold claim assure protest declare proclaim attest

相关短语

assert oneself 坚持自己的权利

词源

From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + serō (“join, range in a row”).

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