assertion• It was a little less than half enquiry, and a little more than half assertion.• I just had to castdoubt on his assertions.• The only thing that is constant is the assertion of difference.• Alternatively the violation can be inverted; like a black comedy, or the assertion of a starkrevenge or retribution.• Unfortunately, as we have seen in Chapter 2, this assertion has not been true for more than twenty years.• This assertion was a crushingblow to the hopes of the Seminoles and the blacks.
makes ... assertions• Leapor makes general assertions about marriage in this poem partly because she can not make further particular observations without offending Octavia.• Fred is the person who makes confident assertions like this.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ASSERTION | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤bold, confident, strong大膽的/自信的/激烈的斷言▸➤dogmatic, general, sweeping武斷的/普遍的/籠統的說法◇sweeping assertions about the role of women in society關於女性在社會中的作用的種種籠統說法➤simple簡單的斷言◇The argument needs to progress beyond the simple assertion that criminals are made not born.僅僅斷言說罪犯並非本性不良還不夠,還得展開論證。➤factual基於事實的說法▸➤false, unsubstantiated, unsupported錯誤的/無事實根據的/未經證實的說法▸➤repeated多次斷言VERB + ASSERTION➤make作出斷言◇How can you make such an assertion?你怎麼會作出這樣的斷言?➤justify, prove, support證明/證實/支持說法◇Your assertion is not supported by the facts.你的斷言沒有事實依據。➤accept, agree with接受/同意說法▸➤challenge, dispute, question對斷言提出異議;對斷言提出不同意見;質疑斷言◇Researchers have recently challenged these assertions.研究人員最近對這些斷言提出了異議。➤reject拒絕接受斷言▸➤contradict, refute批駁/駁斥斷言▸➤repeat重複斷言PREPOSITION➤assertion about有關⋯的斷言◇assertions about human nature關於人類本性的種種斷言