assert

assert

英 [ə'sɜːt]
　　美 [ə'sɝt]

vt. 維護，堅持；斷言；主張；聲稱

v.(動詞)assert的基本意思是“堅持”“斷言”,即做主觀的、自信的、有說服力的闡述。這種“主張”或“斷言”盡管有時並無憑據,但是要讓別人相信自己的話是有依據的,或要別人對憑據感興趣。assert是及物動詞,接名詞或名詞性從句作賓語,也可以接“to be+ n./adj. ”作補足語的復合賓語。註意區分assert和declare：

He asserted that he was innocent.
他申明他是無辜的.He asserted that his sister was innocent.
以上表達方式是正確的。He asserted himself to be innocent.
該表達方式是錯誤，應改為He declared himself (to be) innocent。

中文詞源：

assert 斷言

前綴as- 同ad-. 詞根ser, 連結，見series. 原指把手放在奴隸頭上，宣稱對奴隸所有權。 -t, 過去分詞格。

例句：

1. Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.
赫爾姆先生打算聲明該法案違反瞭憲法第一修正案。

2. The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal.
各被告仍然堅稱無辜，預計會提起上訴。

3. She continued to assert that she was innocent.
她仍然堅稱自己無辜。

4. To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.
堅持這一點就是貶低警方的辦事能力.

5. The enemy will invariably seek opportunities to assert himself.
敵人是一定要尋找機會表現他們自己的.