assertiveness

[ə'sə:tivnis]

n.自信, 果断

例句与用法：

"This is a very courageous, assertive Speaker, who is not unwilling when be identifies something he wants to do to put his reputation on the line, " said Mr. [Jim] Wright's chief lieutenant, Thomas A. Foley, ... "He likes to go out and grab the nettles."

赖特[议长]麾下主将福莱说，"这是一位非常勇敢、直言不讳的议长，要做的事，即令危及名声，也在所不辞。"... "他喜欢去做棘手的事。"

词形变化：

副词: assertively | 名词: assertiveness |

详细释义：

n.

自信; 魄力

Her assertiveness was starting to be seen as arrogance.

她的自信一开始被认为是自负了。