英 [əˈsɜːt] 美 [əˈsɜːrt]
v. 坚称，断言；维护，坚持（权利或权威）；坚持自己的主张，表现坚定；生效，起作用
第三人称单数asserts
现在分词asserting
过去式asserted
过去分词asserted
assert /əˈsɜːt/ CET4 TEM4 [ asserting asserted asserts ]
及物动词 If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly. 坚定地陈述
Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.
赫尔姆先生计划坚定地陈述该法案有违《第一修正案》。
The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal.
那些继续宣称其清白的被告预计会上诉。
有变体名词 断言
There is no concrete evidence to support assertions that the recession is truly over.
没有任何确凿的证据支持经济衰退已真正结束的断言。
及物动词 If you assert your authority, you make it clear by your behaviour that you have authority. 显示 (权威)
After the war, the army made an attempt to assert its authority in the south of the country.
战后，军队试图在该国南部显示其权威。
不可数名词 (权威的) 显示
The decision is seen as an assertion of his authority within the company.
这一决定被看作是公司内他的权威的显示。
及物动词 If you assert your right or claim to something, you insist that you have the right to it. 坚持 (权利或要求)
The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves.
各共和国开始坚持他们自治的权利。
不可数名词 坚持
These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible.
这些机构已使种族身份的坚持成为可能。
及物动词 If you assert yourself, you speak and act in a forceful way, so that people take notice of you. 彰显 (自己)
He's speaking up and asserting himself and doing things he enjoys.
他现在直言不讳、彰显自我，做着他喜欢做的事。
state categorically
同义词： asseverate / maintain
insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
Women should assert themselves more!
同义词： put forward
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判断提示
宣称
维护
...：包含函数原型和其他信息，使程序可以针对所运行的地区进行修改。地区的表示方法可以使计算机系统处理不同的数据表达约定，如全世界的日期、时间、美元数和大数字 程序断言 (<assert.h>) ：包含宏和信息，用于进行诊断，帮助程序调试。这在其他的C语言的IDE中都是有的。
... atistic a.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；精美的 assert vt.肯定地说，断言；维护，坚持 attach vt.使附属；认为有(重要性等) ...
... affirm断言，肯定，指根据事实坚定不移地宣称，有无可争辩之意 assert宣称，坚持，指不管事实如何，主观自信地宣称 allege宣称，断定，指在无真实凭据情况下宣称，硬说 ...
... assemble 集合，装配；聚集 assert 声称，坚持 associate 关联，联合；伙伴，同事；副职的(比正职低一级) ...
assertively 独断地；断言地
assertion 断言，声明；主张，要求；坚持
asserted 宣称；声称（assert的过去分词）
I was determined to assert my authority from the beginning.
我决心一开始就维护我的权威。
She continued to assert her innocence.
她仍然坚称自己无辜。
She continued to assert that she was innocent.
她仍然坚称自己无辜。
So,first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-- nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
VOA : special.2011.03.17
It is merely to assert that so far as any body of references is undistorted it belongs to Science.
单纯坚持,参考的真实性,就是科学。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
assert One of the most important things we do is we use assert statements so that we catch problems early.
要学会利用,声明来早点发现问题。
计算机科学及编程导论课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
So,first of all,let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
VOA : special.2011.05.19
In 1933, during the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt sought to give hope with these words: "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
VOA : special.2009.01.19
Very few if any skeptics assert that the earth is still in the Little Ice Age.
FORBES: The Death Of Global Warming Skepticism, Or The Birth Of Straw Men?
Other NPEs, however, strategically assert valid patents against actual infringers, often in collaboration with independent inventors.
FORBES: Not So Scary, After All: In Defense Of Patent Trolls
Their primary purpose was to assert political liberty and democracy as a form of government.
FORBES: American Activists Foolishly Take A Page From 'Communist Manifesto'