affirm v. 堅(jiān)信不疑地肯定或宣稱,是deny的反義詞。
舉例:He affirmed his love for her.
翻譯:他發(fā)誓愛她。
assert v. 指不管事實(shí)如何,主觀自信地宣稱,或者清楚有力地堅(jiān)持某個(gè)情況為事實(shí)。
舉例:She asserted that she was innocent .
翻譯:她宣稱自己是無辜的。
allege v. 在無真憑實(shí)據(jù)的情況下宣稱、斷定。
舉例:The suspect alleged that he had not been in the neighborhood at the time of the crime.
翻譯:嫌疑犯聲稱案發(fā)時(shí)他不在現(xiàn)場。
claim v. 要求,聲稱,斷言。多指根據(jù)某種規(guī)定提出的要求或主張。
舉例:They claim that if more people rode bicycles to go to work there would be fewer
automobiles in the downtown section of the city.
翻譯:他們生成如果有更多的人騎自行車上班的話,鬧市區(qū)的汽車就會(huì)有所減少。
announce v. 宣布,宣告,多指首次當(dāng)眾正式宣布某一主張或態(tài)度,常常帶有預(yù)告的意味。
舉例:The invention of the printing press announced the diffusion of knowledge.
翻譯:印刷術(shù)的發(fā)明宣告了知識(shí)普及時(shí)代的來臨。
proclaim v. 宣布;宣告(成立)。指經(jīng)過深思熟慮后向大眾宣布一個(gè)明確的決定或判斷,尤其指重大事件的宣布,多用于官方場合。
舉例:The president proclaimed an emergency when the war came.
翻譯:當(dāng)戰(zhàn)爭來臨的時(shí)候總統(tǒng)宣布進(jìn)入緊急狀態(tài)。