assert

英 [ə'sɜːt] 美 [ə'sɝt]

解释

※ 提供单词"assert"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

assert 断言

前缀as- 同ad-. 词根ser, 连结，见series. 原指把手放在奴隶头上，宣称对奴隶所有权。 -t, 过去分词格。

assert: assert: [17] Assert comes ultimately from Latin asserere, which meant literally ‘join oneself to something’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and serere ‘join’ (source of English series and serial), and it came to take on various metaphorical connotations: if one ‘joined oneself to’ a particular thing, one ‘declared one’s right to’ it, and if one ‘joined oneself to’ a particular point of view, one ‘maintained’ it, or ‘claimed’ it.

The verb was used in both these senses when English acquired it, from the Latin past participial stem assert-, but the former had more or less died out by the end of the 18th century.
=> serial, series
assert (v.): c. 1600, "declare," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere "claim, maintain, affirm" (see assertion). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for one's rights" is recorded from 1879.

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1. Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.: 赫尔姆先生打算声明该法案违反了宪法第一修正案。

2. The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal.: 各被告仍然坚称无辜，预计会提起上诉。

4. To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.: 坚持这一点就是贬低警方的办事能力.

5. The enemy will invariably seek opportunities to assert himself.: 敌人是一定要寻找机会表现他们自己的.