allege

单词辨析:

affirm allege assert 【导航词义:断言】
affirm v. [正式]断言…属实,确认
〔辨析〕

指公开宣称某事属实,强调坚信不疑的态度。

〔例证〕

He affirmed the rumors of a pay increase.

他证实了涨薪的传闻。

She affirmed that he told the truth.

她确认他讲的是事实。

allege v. [正式]断言,宣称
〔辨析〕

尤指在未证实的情况下宣称某事属实,或声称某人行事错误或违法,常用被动语态。

〔例证〕

It was alleged that Jack had struck Mr. Wilson on the head.

据称杰克打了威尔逊先生的头。

The thief alleged that the police forced him to make a false confession.

小偷声称警方逼迫他作假口供。

assert v. 宣称;断定
〔辨析〕

指断然声称某种结论,多为主观判断,往往并无证据,或有证据但不一定确实。

〔例证〕

French movies, he asserted, are the best in the world.

他坚称法国电影是世界上最好的。

He asserted that he was an honest man.

他宣称自己是诚实的。

相关例句:

The people arguing for an attack on Iran allege that containment is failing.

主张打击伊朗的人断言,遏制政策正在失败。

Most critics of the peasant associations allege that they have done a great many bad things.

一般指摘农会的人说农会做了许多坏事。

He would again and again allege that he was wholly unfitted to new duties.

他一再指出,他完全不适合担任新的职务。

The accused is alleged to have killed a man

被告据称谋杀了一名男子。

Police allege that he graduated from bikes to cars, then to speedboats.

警方称,他偷盗的目标也有所转变&从单车到汽车,再到快艇。

Sometimes, people here are even proud to allege that they have no girlfriends but brethren.

有时,这里的人甚至还骄傲的宣布,他们有的是兄弟而没有的是女友。