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assertion

/uh-sur-shuhn/US // əˈsɜr ʃən //UK // (əˈsɜːʃən) //

主张,声称,论断,断言

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason: a mere assertion; an unwarranted assertion.
    • : an act of asserting.

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Examples

  • This is an implausible assertion and would have meant BarrierFree went from serving zero people to nearly 20 percent of the US population in just six months.

  • The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew discusses why there is not yet evidence to back up these assertions.

  • After her former employer faxed paperwork that showed her last day of work, the agency asked for a notarized form confirming her assertion that she was unemployed.

  • The disputed subpoenas have been met with “various unfounded and overbroad privilege assertions,” according to the court filing.

  • Others made similar assertions, all of which were subsequently dismissed by virologists as baseless.

  • She then concluded with the assertion that, “The story and the characters of Girl Online are mine.”

  • Which brings us to FDR's first inaugural speech assertion that "we have nothing to fear but fear itself."

  • That assertion, given by Shore in a pre-trial deposition, would have been too prejudicial to present to the jury, the court ruled.

  • It started with the blunt assertion that things were worse than most of the public realized.

  • Using both my real name and a Wikipedia han­dle, I deleted the assertion from the article, only to watch it reappear.

  • When the oath is given to confirm an assertion, it is sworn in confirmation of a covenant with God.

  • A female yell issued from the alley as he came up, and Mrs Rampy suddenly appeared in a state of violent self-assertion.

  • Should the alliance between the two professions be questioned, the following case will justify our assertion.

  • When a man talks about "spiritual discernment," he makes a tacit assertion which ought not to be allowed to pass unchallenged.

  • There is no ground for the assertion that a spiritual faculty exists apart from the reason.

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