assertion
英 [ə'sɜːʃ(ə)n]
美 [ə'sɝʃən]
英文詞源
- assertion (n.)
- early 15c., assercioun, from Middle French assertion (14c.) or directly from Late Latin assertionem (nominative assertio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin asserere "claim rights over something, state, maintain, affirm," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + serere "join" (see series). By "joining oneself" to a particular view, one "claimed" or "maintained" it.
雙語例句
- 1. These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible.
- 這些製度使實現民族認同的主張成為可能。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.
- 人們認為女性不應該過於自信。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying.
- 他認定部長說謊，事實果然如此。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. He made an assertion that he was not responsible for it.
- 他硬說,他對此事沒有責任.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.
- 他試圖反駁原告方證人所作的斷言.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》