asseveration
[ə,sevə'reiʃən]
- n. 誓言；断言；郑重声明
英英释意
- 1. a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
英文词源
- asseveration
- asseveration: see severe
- asseveration (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin asseverationem (nominative asseveratio) "vehement assertion, protestation," noun of action from past participle stem of asseverare (see asseverate).