assert

1. V-T If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly. 堅定地陳述[正式]

Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment. 赫爾姆先生計劃堅定地陳述該法案有違《第一脩正案》。

The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal. 那些繼續(xù)宣稱其清白的被告預(yù)計會上訴。

2. assertionN-VAR 斷言

There is no concrete evidence to support assertions that the recession is truly over. 沒有任何確鑿的証據(jù)支持經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退已真正結(jié)束的斷言。

3. V-T If you assert your authority, you make it clear by your behaviour that you have authority. 顯示 (權(quán)威)

After the war, the army made an attempt to assert its authority in the south of the country. 戰(zhàn)後，軍隊試圖在該國南部顯示其權(quán)威。

4. assertionN-UNCOUNT (權(quán)威的) 顯示

The decision is seen as an assertion of his authority within the company. 這一決定被看作是公司內(nèi)他的權(quán)威的顯示。

5. V-T If you assert your right or claim to something, you insist that you have the right to it. 堅持 (權(quán)利或要求)

The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves. 各共和國開始堅持他們自治的權(quán)利。

6. assertionN-UNCOUNT 堅持

These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible. 這些機(jī)搆已使種族身份的堅持成爲(wèi)可能。

7. V-T If you assert yourself, you speak and act in a forceful way, so that people take notice of you. 彰顯 (自己)

He's speaking up and asserting himself and doing things he enjoys. 他現(xiàn)在直言不諱、彰顯自我，做著他喜歡做的事。