assertion
英 [əˈsɜː.ʃən]
美 [əˈsɝː.ʃən]
将“assertion”分解为“as-sert-ion”,联想记忆:“as”像是“as sure as”的“as”,表示“确信”的意思;“sert”与“cert”相似,联想到“certify”(证实),所以“assert”意为“断言、宣称”;“-ion”是名词后缀,表示“行为或状态”。整体记忆为“确信的行为或状态”。
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- 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.
- 1. These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible.
- 这些制度使实现民族认同的主张成为可能。
- 2. Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.
- 人们认为女性不应该过于自信。
- 3. He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying.
- 他认定部长说谎,事实果然如此。
- 4. He made an assertion that he was not responsible for it.
- 他硬说,他对此事没有责任.
- 5. He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.
- 他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言.