动词
提出异议;反对;拖延
One that demurs;an objector.
反对者;持有异议者
-同义词和反义词
词性:|verb|
例句1. Mr Steed demurred when the suggestion was put to him
例句
||1:A British television drama first screened in 1967, “The Prisoner” is either perfect lockdown viewing or the opposite, depending on your disposition.||2:Over 17 episodes, Number 6 rages against his confinement and the village’s stifling, sinister bureaucracy.||3:“We have a saying here,” says a villager. “A still tongue makes a happy life.”||4:The hero demurs . He gets out by helicopter, and later in a boat fashioned from his winning entry to the village art show, in which all the exhibits exalt Number 2. But he is foiled.||5:His handlers were in control all along.
||1:《六号特殊犯人The Prisoner》是1967年首映的一部英国电视剧,它可以是禁闭期间的完美观影之作,或者完全相反的作品,这取决于你的性格。||2:在本剧的17集中,村子对6号的禁闭以及这里令人窒息和阴险的官僚作风使他大发雷霆。||3:一位村民说,“我们这里有句谚语。沉默的舌头能让人幸福。”||4:英雄反抗过。他先乘坐直升飞机,然后乘着一艘船出村,这船是自己获奖的乡村艺术展参赛作品,这场比赛中所有的展品都要歌颂2号。||5:但他失败了。他的管理者掌控着全程。
||1: “MAURICE is immortal,” says the chief executive of a French multinational. ||2: When told of his friend’s comment, Maurice Lévy, boss of Publicis, one of the world’s biggest advertising firms, is visibly flattered. ||3: But he demurs . “When you think you are immortal, you will make the biggest errors of your life,” he says. “I know that if I fail to find the right successor, my entire career will be a failure.”
||1:一法国的跨国公司董事长说,“莫里斯是无人能代的”。||2:当谈起对其朋友,全球广告业巨头阳狮集团的老板莫利斯.列维的评价时,这位董事长难掩溢美之词。||3:但是,他也提出了异议。“当你自认为无法取代时,你可能犯了一生中最严重的错误,”他说,“我不知道如果我找不到合适的接班人,我的整个职业生涯都被毁了。”
|noun|
1.The action of objecting to or hesitating over something.
‘they accepted this ruling without _demur_ ’
‘Those of us who _demur_ are labelled ‘self-haters’.’
|verb|
1.Put forward a demurrer.
‘It can be dealt with in the ordinary way and if the Judge who hears the matter thinks there is anything in it, well, it will proceed to trial or maybe the Commonwealth will _demur_ or you will _demur_ , as the case may be.’
‘The reference in the final sentence of this passage is to the fact that the claimants had not _demurred_ to the ten heads of particulars pleaded by the newspaper in support of meaning, namely grounds for investigation.’
2.Raise objections or show reluctance.
‘normally she would have accepted the challenge, but she _demurred_ ’
‘‘So I’ve heard,’ I _demurred_ , moving farther down the aisle in search of something for my own late night viewing.’
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