assert

US [əˈsɜrt]
UK [əˈsɜː(r)t]
  • v.断言；明确肯定；坚持自己的主张；表现坚定
  • Web宣称；维护；声称
Simple Present：asserts  Present Participle：asserting  Past Tense：asserted  

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ASSERT
v.
1.
明确肯定；断言to state clearly and firmly that sth is true
She continued to assert that she was innocent.
她仍然坚称自己无辜。
She continued to assert her innocence.
她仍然坚称自己无辜。
‘That is wrong,’ he asserted.
“那是错的。”他断言道。
It is commonly asserted that older people prefer to receive care from family members.
人们普遍确认，老年人更愿意由家人照顾。
2.
~ yourself
坚持自己的主张；表现坚定to behave in a confident and determined way so that other people pay attention to your opinions
3.
~ sth
维护自己的权利（或权威）to make other people recognize your right or authority to do sth, by behaving firmly and confidently
to assert your independence/rights
维护你的独立╱权利
I was determined to assert my authority from the beginning.
我决心一开始就维护我的权威。
4.
~ itself
生效；起作用to start to have an effect
Good sense asserted itself.
明智服人。

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And China has submitted a map that seems to assert ownership of a vast part of the South China sea.
中国提交的地图显示了该国对中国南海的一大片海域的主权的坚持。
zhōng guó tí jiāo de dì tú xiǎn shì le gāi guó duì zhōng guó nán hǎi de yī dà piàn hǎi yù de zhǔ quán de jiān chí 。
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2.
The body of the method is typically made of a bunch of assert statements, but you can put whatever sanity-checking code in there.
这个方法中通常包含了一些断言，但是你也可以放任何检查性代码在里面。
zhè ge fāng fǎ zhōng tōng cháng bāo hán le yì xiē duàn yán , dàn shì nǐ yě kě yǐ fàng rèn hé jiǎn chá xìng dài mǎ zài lǐ miàn 。
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3.
Somalia's interim government is trying to assert authority in the city which it seized from fleeing Islamist fighters late last Month.
索马里临时政府正努力在摩加迪沙确立权威，该城上月前被现正逃散的伊斯兰武装分子占据。
suǒ mǎ lǐ lín shí zhèng fǔ zhèng nǔ lì zài mó jiā dí shā què lì quán wēi , gāi chéng shàng yuè qián bèi xiàn zhèng táo sàn de yī sī lán wǔ zhuāng fèn zǐ zhàn jù 。
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4.
Critics assert that this flow of genes helps to undermine any concept of species in microbes.
批评者认为这类基因流动无益于微生物的物种观念。
pī píng zhě rèn wéi zhè lèi jī yīn liú dòng wú yì yú wēi shēng wù de wù zhǒng guān niàn 。
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5.
It is hard to predict how much the acting president will assert himself in the coming months.
很难预计代理总统在接下来的几个月中能够实现多少自己曾经断言过的承诺。
hěn nán yù jì dài lǐ zǒng tǒng zài jiē xià lái de jǐ gè yuè zhōng néng gòu shí xiàn duō shao zì jǐ céng jīng duàn yán guò de chéng nuò 。
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Others say women use language to assert their power in a culture that, at least in days gone by, asked them to be sedate and decorous.
另一些语言学家说，在一个要求妇女举止庄重得体的文化环境下（至少在过去是这样），妇女用语言来宣示她们的权力。
lìng yì xiē yǔ yán xué jiā shuō , zài yī gè yāo qiú fù nǚ jǔ zhǐ zhuāng zhòng dé tǐ de wén huà huán jìng xià ( zhì shǎo zài guò qù shì zhè yàng ) , fù nǚ yòng yǔ yán lái xuān shì tā men de quán lì 。
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Some are clearly ready to see China assert itself as a global power.
有些人明确希望向世界表明中国的实力。
yǒu xiē rén míng què xī wàng xiàng shì jiè biǎo míng zhōng guó de shí lì 。
article.yeeyan.org
8.
To assert the right to retaliate against Hamas is not to say that it is just, or wise, to shell large swathes of Gaza.
主张有报复哈马斯的权利，并不是说轰炸加沙的大片地区就是正义的，或是明智的。
zhǔ zhāng yǒu bào fù hā mǎ sī de quán lì , bìng bú shì shuō hōng zhà jiā shā de dà piàn dì qū jiù shì zhèng yì de , huò shì míng zhì de 。
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Indeed, in a study of anger, the most common motive for its generation was to assert authority or independence, or to improve self image.
事实上，在一项对愤怒的研究中，愤怒发生的最常见动机是维护威信或独立，或者提升自我形象。
shì shí shàng , zài yī xiàng duì fèn nù de yán jiū zhōng , fèn nù fā shēng de zuì cháng jiàn dòng jī shì wéi hù wēi xìn huò dú lì , huò zhě tí shēng zì wǒ xíng xiàng 。
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But I do not permit a woman to teach or to assert authority over a man, but to be in quietness.
我不许女人施教，也不许她揽权辖管男人，只要安静。
wǒ bù xǔ nǚ rén shī jiào , yě bù xǔ tā lǎn quán xiá guǎn nán rén , zhǐ yào ān jìng 。
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