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单词 assert
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assert
verb[T]
uk
/əˈsɜːt/us
/əˈsɝːt/
assertyourself
C2
tobehavein a way thatexpressesyourconfidence,importance, orpowerandearnsyourespectfromothers:
坚持自己的主张；表现坚定
I really must assert myself more inmeetings.我在会议上确实必须立场更坚定一些。
Don't beafraidto assert yourself and makeyourviewsclear.
Refusing tohelpwith thehouseworkwas his way of asserting himself.
Thingsbegantochangewhen women asserted themselvespolitically.
Boardingschoolwas atoughenvironment, and shequicklylearnedto assert herself.
More examples
  • She veryquicklyasserted herauthorityover theclass.
  • Tough newpoliciesareneededif theauthoritiesare to assertcontrolover acrime-riddencity.
  • Thebookasserts that the 1969moonlandingwas ahoax.
  • Theprimeministerasserted that he had nointentionofresigning.
  • He made aspecialappearanceontelevisionasserting that theallegationsagainst him werefalse.
C1formal
to say that something iscertainlytrue:
断言；肯定地说
[+ that]He assertsthatshestolemoneyfrom him.他一口咬定她偷了他的钱。
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to say something
  • sayWhen I say your name, raise your hand.
  • utterShe barely uttered a word all morning.
  • they sayThey say the house is haunted.
  • it is saidIt is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
  • stateUnion members stated that they were unhappy with the proposal.
  • remarkHe remarked that she was looking thin.
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C2
to do something to show that you havepower:
主张；维护；坚持
Throughout the Cold War, the Allies assertedtheirrighttomovefreelybetween the two Berlins.冷战期间，盟国自始至终坚持其在东西柏林之间自由来往的权利。
She veryrarelyasserts herauthorityover thechildren.她很少摆出大人的权威来管教孩子。
More examples
  • She veryquicklyasserted herauthorityover theclass.
  • Tough newpoliciesareneededif theauthoritiesare to assertcontrolover acrime-riddencity.
  • Thebookasserts that the 1969moonlandingwas ahoax.
  • Theprimeministerasserted that he had nointentionofresigning.
  • He made aspecialappearanceontelevisionasserting that theallegationsagainst him werefalse.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Assertions & asserting
  • affirm
  • affirmation
  • airing
  • assertion
  • attestation
  • aver
  • beg
  • gaslight
  • hate speech
  • laysomethingon the lineidiom
  • maintain
  • makesomething/someoneout
  • plead
  • pretend
  • putyourfoot downidiom
  • self-affirmation
  • send
  • send a messageidiom
  • setyourselfup assomething
  • shout/proclaimsomethingfrom the rooftopsidiom
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(Definition ofassertfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
assert
verb[T]
uk
/əˈsɜːt/us
/-ˈsɝːt/
assertyourself
C2
tobehavein a way thatexpressesyourconfidence,importance, orpowerandearnsyourespectfromothers
坚持自己的主张；表现坚定
I really must assert myself more inmeetings.我在会议上确实必须立场更坚定一些。
More examples
  • She veryquicklyasserted herauthorityover theclass.
  • Tough newpoliciesareneededif theauthoritiesare to assertcontrolover acrime-riddencity.
  • Thebookasserts that the 1969moonlandingwas ahoax.
  • Theprimeministerasserted that he had nointentionofresigning.
  • He made aspecialappearanceontelevisionasserting that theallegationsagainst him werefalse.
C1formal
to say that something iscertainlytrue
断言；肯定地说
[+ that]He assertsthatshestolemoneyfrom him.他一口咬定她偷了他的钱。
C2
to do something to show that you havepower
主张；维护；坚持
Throughout the Cold War, the Allies assertedtheirrighttomovefreelybetween the two Berlins.冷战期间，盟国自始至终坚持其在东西柏林之间自由来往的权利。
She veryrarelyasserts herauthorityover thechildren.她很少摆出大人的权威来管教孩子。

assert| American Dictionary

assert
verb[T]
us
/əˈsɜrt/
tostateanopinionorclaimarightforcefully:
[+ that clause]Thecompanieshave asserted that everything they did wasappropriate.
To assert is also tobehavein a way thatshowspower,authority, orcontrol:
SeveralmembersofCongresscalled upon thepresidentto assertleadership.
If you assert yourself, youactforcefullyin a way thatexpressesyourconfidence:
You have tolearntospeakup and assert yourself atmeetings, or you’ll never getanywhere.

assertion

noun[C]us
/əˈsɜr·ʃən/
Critics say thecompanyforcesworkerstodriverecklessly, an assertion thecompanydenies.
(Definition ofassertfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofassert

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The attempt to discredit sectarian practices asserted the professionalism of regular medicine by implicitly disavowing its curious past as well as asserting its clinical present.
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Claims such as 'the table is square', or 'the earth is round', typically have the function of asserting that certain facts obtain in the world.
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The analysis tracks both the number of stories and whether the balance of commentary in each story asserts or denies the existence of a mandate.
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Similarly, a covariational pattern, if asserted as causal, presumes a (yet to be identified) causal mechanism.
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By these means the author asserted the triviality of the elephant-fight and presented it as the amusement of an inferior mind.
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The sample, constrained by the ontology, is asserted into a knowledge base which is continually queried for evidence of an intrusion or an attack.
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The user can enter numbers in the body of the table, and these are interpreted and asserted as facts in the knowledge base.
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A logic engine typically has facts asserted, and queries requested, in a fairly ordered sequence.
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He asserts that it is therefore more beneficial to focus upon what a welfare state does, rather than how much money it is afforded.
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Like us, the latter authors asserted that the primitive epithelium in schistosomes is embryo derived.
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Other attributes are asserted to be derivative characteristics or innovative improvements, rather than essentials.
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Again, one plausibly asserts that the evidence supports the hypothesis.
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The essay also has a methodological aim, which is to defend its conclusions without asserting the universality of standard liberal-democratic norms.
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Based on this information, one plausibly asserts that the evidence supports the hypothesis.
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There is no reason to think that the latter content cannot be asserted but can only be presupposed.
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