詞彙精選：assert的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

v.

斷言；聲稱 [T]

例句：

Nowdays only the most superficial mind would assert that man is a reasonable creature.

如今只有最簡單的頭腦纔會斷言人是有理智的動物。

例句：

I assert his deposition to be true.

我斷言他的證詞是真的。

維護；堅持；主張擁有 [T]

例句：

The boss asserted his authority by punishing his employees.

老闆靠懲罰僱員來維護自己的權威。

例句：

You must assert yourself or they will continue to bully you.

你必須維護自己的權利，否則他們還會欺負你。

顯示；確立 [T]

例句：

But the spirit has stirred and the nation has begun to assert itself.

但是精神已經振奮，這個民族已開始顯示自己。

例句：

Why don't you assert yourself more?

你爲何不更多地顯示自己呢？

二、詞義辨析：

assert,affirm,allege,maintain,testify,claim

這些動詞均含有“斷言，聲稱”之意。assert主觀意味強，指自認爲某事就是如此，而不管事實如何。affirm側重在作出斷言時表現出的堅定與不可動搖的態度。allege多指無真憑實據，不提供證據的斷言或宣稱。maintain與assert近義，但前者指堅決維護某種主張或觀點。testify多指在法庭作證，莊嚴地宣稱自己所說屬實。claim可與assert換用，但語氣弱一些，側重指行爲自己的權利提出要求他人承認。

三、相關短語：

assert oneself

堅決要求或維護自己的權利

四、參考例句：

Justice will assert itself.

正義必將伸張。

Why don't you assert yourself more?

你爲何不更多地顯示自己呢？

I assert his deposition to be true.

我斷言他的證詞是真的。

I think you should assert yourself politically.

我認爲你應該積極地表達自己的政治觀點。

We encouraged him to assert his view of the matter.

我們鼓勵他堅持自己對此事的看法。

You should assert yourself as the captain of this team.

你應該樹立自己作爲隊長的權威。

The lawyers assert that their client is not guilty.

律師們辯稱他們的訴訟委託人是無辜的。

Our company will continue to assert its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals.

我們公司由於在世界藥品生產中的領先地位而將繼續擁有優先權。

Nowdays only the most superficial mind would assert that man is a reasonable creature.

如今只有最簡單的頭腦纔會斷言人是有理智的動物。

The authorities assert that no one has the right to interfere in China's internal affairs.

當局宣稱，任何人都無權干涉中國的內部事務。