vt.斷言；主張，堅持；生效；維護
She asserted that he was innocent. 她斷言，他是無罪的。
Upon inspection, we assert that the systems development process is empirical 通過以上分析,我們斷言系統(tǒng)開發(fā)過程是經(jīng)驗的
We encouraged him to assert his view of the matter. 我們鼓勵他堅持自己對此事的看法。
The laws of historical development will assert themselves. 歷史發(fā)展的規(guī)律是不可抗拒的。
They are agitating to assert autonomy. 他們正在鼓吹實行自治。
The laws of historical development will assert themselves. 歷史發(fā)展的規(guī)律是不可拒抗的。
注意區(qū)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(yīng)改為He declared himself (to be) innocent。
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”盡管有時并無憑據(jù),但是要讓別人相信自己的話是有依據(jù)的,或要別人對憑據(jù)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(fù)合賓語。
