affirm

• vt. 肯定；断言
• vi. 确认；断言

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。

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.

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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.

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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。

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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.

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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.

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