考研英語同義詞詞彙辨析

affirm, assert, allege, claim, announce, proclaim聲稱

affirm v. 堅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：他發誓愛她。

assert v. 指不管事實如何，主觀自信地宣稱，或者清楚有力地堅持某個情況爲事實。

舉例：She asserted that she was innocent .

翻譯：她宣稱自己是無辜的。

allege v. 在無真憑實據的情況下宣稱、斷定。

舉例：The suspect alleged that he had not been in the neighborhood at the time of the crime.

翻譯：嫌疑犯聲稱案發時他不在現場。

claim v. 要求，聲稱，斷言。多指根據某種規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，鬧市區的汽車就會有所減少。

announce v. 宣佈，宣告，多指首次當衆正式宣佈某一主張或態度，常常帶有預告的意味。

舉例：The invention of the printing press announced the diffusion of knowledge.

翻譯：印刷術的發明宣告了知識普及時代的來臨。