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单词 demur
释义
demur
verb[I]
formal
uk
/dɪˈmɜːr/us
/dɪˈmɝː/
-rr-
toexpressdisagreementorrefuseto do something:
提出异议；拒绝
Thelawyerrequestedabreakin thecourtcase, but thejudgedemurred.律师请求休庭，但法官没有同意。
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Refusing & rejecting
demur
noun[U]
formal
uk
/dɪˈmɜːr/us
/dɪˈmɝː/
theactofexpressingdisagreementor ofrefusingto do something:
Sheagreedto hisrequestwithoutdemur.
More examples
  • There was nofurtherdemur.
  • He was used to beingobeyedwithout demur.
  • Baldwin then made no demur against the Chancellor'srecommendation.
  • Theformalbusinessof themeetinglastedbarelyfiveminutes, with eachresolutionwavedthrough with nohintof demur from thetriopresent.
  • After some demur allconsented.
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  • alienated
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  • dicker
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  • make the fur flyidiom
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Refusing & rejecting
(Definition ofdemurfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
demur
verb[I]
formal
uk
/dɪˈmɜːr/us
/dɪˈmɝː/
-rr-
toexpressdisagreementorrefuseto do something
提出异议；拒绝
Thelawyerrequestedabreakin thecourtcase, but thejudgedemurred.律师请求休庭，但法官没有同意。

demur| American Dictionary

demur
verb[I]
us
/dɪˈmɜr/
-rr-
toexpressdisagreementorrefusalto do something:
Jackurgedme to go, but I demurred.
(Definition ofdemurfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdemur

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The seminar quietly finessed the definitional question, not without a few polite demurs.
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Patients denied the therapeutic benefits of those drugs in the interim might once againdemur.
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Up to a point, it is hard todemur.
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It is hard todemurat this verdict.
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While some claim that biotechnology is the answer to both food security and a healthy planet, otherdemur.
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While some claim that such crops are the answer to both food security and a healthy planet, othersdemur.
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I demurred, feeling that it might be seen as too personal or otherwise inappropriate for this journal.
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Wulstan demurs on this matter: he tells me that he thinks the rhymes in these letters are 'more coincidental than systematic'.
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Along the journey from musical grammar to hermeneutic exegesis individual readers may well want to pause and todemurbut it is impossible not to be fascinated.
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Those whodemuron the significance of rationes interpret it as entailing the application of the same set of principles that justified the preceding case(s).
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Russell demurred, pointing out that no provision had been made for arms, ammunition, or money, and that no declaration had been prepared, let alone agreed on.
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Roberts demurs, and shows oneness in hierarchy.
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I woulddemur, however, to the possible inference that this percentage represents the full measure of the beneficial operation of the administrative system referred to.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He demurs on the ground that the cost of making it fit would be disproportionate to the value of the house.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I understand that the associations of local authorities have in no way demurred at that suggestion.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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