assert[ә'sә:t]
汉语翻译
vt. 主张, 坚称, 断言
【法】 宣称, 断言, 维护
相关词组:
to assert sth to be true
to assert oneself
词型变化
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
词意辨析
assert, affirm, allege, maintain, testify, claim这些动词均含有“断言，声称”之意。
assert: 主观意味强，指自认为某事就是如此，而不管事实如何。
affirm: 侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。
allege: 多指无真凭实据，不提供证据的断言或宣称。
maintain: 与assert近义，但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。
testify: 多指在法庭作证，庄严地宣称自己所说属实。
claim: 可与assert换用，但语气弱一些，侧重指行使自己的权利提出要求令他人承认。
英语解释
动词 assert:
- state categorically同义词：asseverate, maintain
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true同义词：affirm, verify, avow, aver, swan, swear
- insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized同义词：put forward
- assert to be true同义词：insist
例句
- We encouraged him to assert his view of the matter.我们鼓励他坚持自己对此事的看法。
- She asserted that he was innocent.她断言，他是无罪的。
详细解释
as.sert
v.tr.（及物动词）as.sert.ed,as.sert.ing,as.serts To state or express positively; affirm:断言：肯定地说出或讲出；断言：例句：asserted his innocence.他坚称自己无罪
To defend or maintain (one`s rights, for example).维护，坚持：维护或坚持（如，自己的权利）To put (oneself) forward boldly or forcefully in an effort to make an opinion known, for example:坚持己见：大胆地或强有力地提出（自己）的观点，以使其为大家所知，如：例句：I had to assert myself in the meeting in order to ensure acquisition of the new book.我在会上不得不坚持自己观点以保证得到那本新书
来源：Latin asserere assert- 拉丁语 asserere assert- ad- [ad-] ad- [前缀，表.朝，向.] serere [to join] * see ser- 2serere [参加] *参见 ser- 2
【引伸】
assert.able 或
assert.ible
adj.（形容词）assert.er 或
asser.tor
n.（名词）<参考词汇><同义词>assert,asseverate,declare,affirm,aver,avow同义词>These verbs all mean to make a positive statement.Toassert is to state one`s opinion confidently but often without proof to support it: 这些动词的意思是肯定地提出。assert 是指自信地讲出自己的观点，但常常是没有证据来支持： 例句：.I have endeavored to assert nothing but what I had good authority for. (William Sewel).除了我确有把握的事情外，我不会断然地讲任何事情. （威廉·西维尔）。
Asseverate connotes sober sincerity of assertion: Asseverate 指郑重真诚的断言： 例句：.The taxpayer also asseverates that his return from Greece proves conclusively that his intentions were and are honorable. (Daily Report for Executives).纳税人同时郑重声明他从希腊的返回，本身就非常有说服力地证明他的意图，曾经是，现在也是诚实的 （行政官员每日报告）。
Declare has the approximate force ofassert but may suggest formality of statement and authority in the speaker: Declare 有接近于assert 所表述的力量，但含有表示讲话者礼节和权威的意思： 例句：Congress declared that it would reduce the budget deficit.国会宣布将要减少预算赤字。
Affirm and aver stress the speaker`s confidence in the validity of the statement: Affirm Scientists cannot affirm the existence of life on other planets. She averred that solitude was necessary for creative work. aver 强调讲话人对所讲东西正确性的自信： 例句：科学家们还不能证实在其它星球上有生命存在。她断言离群索居对于创造性的工作是必不可少的。
Avow implies frank and open acknowledgment or admission: Avow 含有坦诚的，坦率的承认或确认： 例句：.thinks the book succeeds in achieving its avowed purpose: to explain how the Court`s current role evolved through history. (Tony Mauro). .认为该书成功地达到了公开宣布的目的：解释当今法庭作用的历史发展. （托尼·莫罗）。