assertion

名词 n.
/əˈsɜːʃən/    /əˈsɜɹʃən/|[əˈsɝʃn̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment. countable,uncountable
    — "Do tell us the real name of your country, and then when you are gone we shall know how to talk about you." To this luminous argument and remonstrance I could oppose nothing but assertion, and the whole party remained firmly convinced that I was for some reason or other deceiving them.
  2. Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted. countable,uncountable
    — You're a man of strong assertions!
  3. A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence. countable,uncountable
    — That's just a bare assertion.
  4. Maintenance; vindication. countable,uncountable
    — the assertion of one's rights or prerogatives
  5. A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging. countable,uncountable
    — The user should be absolutely confident that the error issued is a real design error. In other words, a user should be confident that his assertion code is correct and that the assertion failure is not a false condition.
  6. The set of information that the statement preparer is providing in a financial statement audit. countable,uncountable

词形变化

assertions plural

词源

From Middle English assercioun, from Latin assertiō. By surface analysis, assert + -ion.
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