asserted
past simple and past participle ofassert
| 单词 | asserted |
| 释义 | asserted past simple and past participle ofassert assert verb[T] uk/əˈsɜːt/us/-ˈsɝːt/assertyourself C2 tobehavein a way thatexpressesyourconfidence,importance, orpowerandearnsyourespectfromothers: I really must assert myself more inmeetings.
C1formal to say that something iscertainlytrue: [+ that]He assertsthatshestolemoneyfrom him. to say something
C2 to do something to show that you havepower: Throughout the Cold War, the Allies assertedtheirrighttomovefreelybetween the two Berlins. She veryrarelyasserts herauthorityover thechildren. Assertions & asserting
Examplesofassertedasserted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As such, we view a concept as a hierarchically positioned cognitive structure to which properties can be ascribed and in which membership can beasserted. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, a difference isassertedbetween lament and other forms of speech that ascribes significant power to the former. From theCambridge English Corpus I further hear this textual message ofasserteddifference and resilience echoed musically in the song's unconventional use of mode. From theCambridge English Corpus But this is said in passing in a footnote; its wider implications are neitherassertednor explored. From theCambridge English Corpus The attempt to discredit sectarian practicesassertedthe professionalism of regular medicine by implicitly disavowing its curious past as well as asserting its clinical present. From theCambridge English Corpus It could have beenassertedthat virtually all candidates were unknown, so that preferences contained a large idiosyncratic component. From theCambridge English Corpus Similarly, a covariational pattern, ifassertedas causal, presumes a (yet to be identified) causal mechanism. From theCambridge English Corpus By these means the authorassertedthe triviality of the elephant-fight and presented it as the amusement of an inferior mind. From theCambridge English Corpus The sample, constrained by the ontology, isassertedinto a knowledge base which is continually queried for evidence of an intrusion or an attack. From theCambridge English Corpus The user can enter numbers in the body of the table, and these are interpreted andassertedas facts in the knowledge base. From theCambridge English Corpus A logic engine typically has factsasserted, and queries requested, in a fairly ordered sequence. From theCambridge English Corpus Like us, the latter authorsassertedthat the primitive epithelium in schistosomes is embryo derived. From theCambridge English Corpus Other attributes areassertedto be derivative characteristics or innovative improvements, rather than essentials. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no reason to think that the latter content cannot beassertedbut can only be presupposed. From theCambridge English Corpus The viewassertedin the text might seem to be paradoxical. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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