demurred

英 [dɪˈmɜːd]

美 [dɪˈmɜːrd]

v.  表示反对; 提出异议; 拒绝
demur的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 表示反对;提出异议
  If youdemur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
  1. Hunt wanted to know, would I be prepared to take over the whole operation and supervise it? At first I demurred...
     亨特想要知道我是否有准备接手整个行动并对其进行监督。刚开始我表示反对。
  2. The doctor demurred, but Piercey was insistent.
     医生提出异议，但皮尔西却一再坚持。
• PHRASE 毫无异议地;毫不犹豫地
  If you do somethingwithout demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest.
  1. When Scobie opened the door and stood aside for her to enter, she did so without demur.
     当斯科比打开门并站到一边让她进去时，她毫不犹豫地这样做了。

双语例句

• A reporter involved in writing it demurred when asked about it Thursday.
  参与撰写这则报导的一位记者在周四被问及时语焉不详。
• When US military commanders called in 2009 for tens of thousands of additional troops to be sent to Afghanistan, Mr Obama initially demurred.
  当美国军方领导人在2009年呼吁向阿富汗大量增兵时，奥巴马最初有顾虑。
• The doctor demurred, but Piercey was insistent.
  医生提出异议，但皮尔西却一再坚持。
• The most daunting potential late entrants to the race, Mr Christie and Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and tea-party darling, have now officially demurred.
  这场竞选中最让人气馁的潜在竞选人，克里斯蒂和前阿拉斯加州长、茶党新宠萨拉.佩林，现在都官方宣布了不参选。
• The demurred at the idea of not paying.
  他们对不付帐表示异议。
• Only the journalist demurred, and he was an economist.
  只有那记者持异议，而他是位经济学家。
• They demurred at the proposal.
  他们反对那项建议。
• Almost all the minor parties demurred to the new election rules.
  几乎所有的少数党都反对新的选举规定。
• Hunt wanted to know, would I be prepared to take over the whole operation and supervise it? At first I demurred
  亨特想要知道我是否有准备接手整个行动并对其进行监督。刚开始我表示反对。
• She demurred at the difficulty.
  她因困难而踌躇。