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VERB
堅(jiān)稱;斷言;堅(jiān)決表明
If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
例句
Mr. Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment...
赫爾姆先生打算聲明該法案違反了憲法第一修正案。
The defendants, who continue to assert their innocence, are expected to appeal...
各被告仍然堅(jiān)稱無辜，預(yù)計(jì)會(huì)提起上訴。
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VERB
維護(hù)，堅(jiān)持（權(quán)威）
If you assert your authority, you make it clear by your behaviour that you have authority.
例句
After the war, the army made an attempt to assert its authority in the south of the country...
戰(zhàn)后，軍隊(duì)試圖在該國(guó)的南部地區(qū)維護(hù)其統(tǒng)治地位。
The people have asserted their power and that will be very difficult to reverse.
人民已經(jīng)維護(hù)了其當(dāng)家作主的權(quán)力，這將難以改變。
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VERB
堅(jiān)持（主張）；要求（權(quán)利）
If you assert your right or claim to something, you insist that you have the right to it.
例句
The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves.
各加盟共和國(guó)開始要求獲得自治權(quán)。
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VERB
堅(jiān)持（自己）的主張;表現(xiàn)堅(jiān)定
If you assert yourself, you speak and act in a forceful way, so that people take notice of you.
例句
He's speaking up and asserting himself confidently.
他明確表態(tài)，信心十足地闡述自己的觀點(diǎn)。