affirm
英 [ə'fɜːm]
美[ə'fɝm]
- vt. 肯定;断言
- vi. 确认;断言
同义词辨析
assert, affirm, allege, maintain, testify, claim
这些动词均含有"断言,声称"之意。
assert:主观意味强,指自认为某事就是如此,而不管事实如何。
affirm:侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。
allege:多指无真凭实据,不提供证据的断言或宣称。
maintain:与assert近义,但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。
testify:多指在法庭作证,庄严地宣称自己所说属实。
claim:可与assert换用,但语气弱一些,侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。
双语例句
- 1. Let's begin by a full - face enacted treatment with the Affirm using CAP technology.
- 以下我们将对使用具有CAP聚焦技术的Affirm治疗整个面部的步骤逐一进行演示.
来自互联网
- 2. This report is positively denied in official circles, who affirm that nothing of the kind occurred , but that the story is made out of whole cloth.
- 这篇报导为官方人士所断然否认, 他们断言根本没有这回事, 其内容纯属捏造.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.
- 我所取得的一切似乎都证明那个观点是对的。
来自辞典例句
- 4. We gave them the opportunity to express their feelings, to affirm themselves.
- 我们给了他们一个机会表达自己的感情, 他们可以借此挺一挺腰杆.
来自辞典例句
- 5. I can affirm that he is tenacious and pertinacious as are few.
- 我可以肯定,像他那样不屈不挠、百折不回的人是十分罕见的.
来自辞典例句