assertion
n. 断言,明确肯定;使用,主张
复数 assertions
例句
These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible.
这些机构已使种族身份的坚持成为可能。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
Their work makes a rather startling assertion: the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated.
他们的研究提出了一个相当惊人的主张:我们通常称为天赋的特征被严重高估了。
To live in the United States today is to gain an appreciation for Dahrendorf's assertion that social change exists everywhere.
今天生活在美国,是对达伦多夫关于社会变革无处不在的主张的赞赏。