ASSERT

Pronunție (USA): (GB):

Traducere în limba română

assert verb A. tranzitiv

1. a afirma; a declara.

2. a pretinde, a susţine, a reclama, a revendica (un drept etc.).

assert verb B. reflexiv

1. a se afirma.

2. a avea pretenţii excesive, a fi prezumţios, a face mare paradă sau caz de sine.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

"We'll see about that," asserted the Judge, as he started for the telephone.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

I never before asserted myself so against them.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Meg hardly knew herself, she felt so brave and independent, so glad to defend John and assert her right to love him, if she liked.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The names of all which virtues are still retained among us in most languages, and are to be met with in modern, as well as ancient authors; which I am able to assert from my own small reading.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

But, my dear sister, though the event has proved you right, do not think me obstinate if I still assert that, considering what her behaviour was, my confidence was as natural as your suspicion.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

It was only when he crawled to bed at night, or to breakfast in the morning, that she asserted herself to him in fleeting memories.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Another says, 'It's one of the best American novels which has appeared for years.' (I know better than that), and the next asserts that 'Though it is original, and written with great force and feeling, it is a dangerous book.' 'Tisn't!

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

To-night, again and again, you have asserted the non-existence of innate ideas.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Daisy and Demi had now arrived at years of discretion, for in this fast age babies of three or four assert their rights, and get them, too, which is more than many of their elders do.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

I assert it.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

TE-AR MAI PUTEA INTERESA