aver
aver 英 [əˈvɜ:(r)] 美 [əˈvə]
vt. 断言，极力声明；主张
进行时:averring 过去式:averred 过去分词:averred 第三人称单数:avers 名词复数:avers
- To aver is to declare something is true or to state. This verb has a serious tone, so you might aver something on a witness stand or you might aver that you won't back down to a challenge.
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- vt. 断言，极力声明；主张
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1. "I don't know much about art, " you aver, "but I know what I like."
你如此声称。 「但我知道我喜欢什么东西。」
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2. I can aver that he is telling the truth.
我可以断言他说的是实话。
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3. I aver it will not rain tomorrow.
我断言明天不会下雨。
- aver (v.) late 14c., "assert the truth of," from Old French averer "verify, confirm, prove" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *adverare "make true, prove to be true," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + verus "true" (from PIE root *were-o- "true, trustworthy"). From 1580s as "affirm with confidence." Related: Averred; averring.
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