demur

英 [dɪˈmɜː(r)]

美 [dɪˈmɜːr]

v.  表示反对; 提出异议; 拒绝
n.  反对，异议

过去式：demurred　过去分词：demurred　复数：demurs　第三人称单数：demurs　现在分词：demurring　

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BNC.19534 / COCA.20271

习惯用语

n.

without demur
• 毫无异议；毫不犹豫
  without objecting or hesitating
• They accepted without demur.
  他们接受了，没有提出异议。

牛津词典

verb

• 表示反对；提出异议；拒绝
  to say that you do not agree with sth or that you refuse to do sth
  1. At first she demurred, but then finally agreed.
     她开始表示反对，但最终还是同意了。

noun

noun

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。

英英释义

noun

• (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
  Synonym:demurraldemurrer

verb

• take exception to
  1. he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday
  Synonym:except
• enter a demurrer

双语例句

• Several women demur. That would come across as rather aggressive, says one.
  但几位女士提出异议，其中一位说：那样给人留下的印象太有攻击性了。
• The doctor demurred, but Piercey was insistent.
  医生提出异议，但皮尔西却一再坚持。
• ( Private sector economists demur, however, instead calculating a 1 per cent to 3 per cent month-on-month fall.) Furthermore, national investment data, also released on Tuesday, buoyed bull spirits.
  （不过，私营部门经济学家持有异议，根据他们的计算，4月份中国出口环比下降了1%至3%。）此外，同样在周二公布的全国投资数据提振了乐观情绪。
• Business travellers may still demur, but investors are rushing to jump aboard Chinese aircraft.
  对于乘坐中国航空公司的飞机，商务旅行者或许还在反对，但投资者却是争先恐后。
• Without demur, they joined the party in my rooms.
  他们没有推辞就到我的屋里一起聚餐了。
• The demur incidents to infringe the copyright are important for both sides of the entanglemant of infringing the copyright.
  侵犯著作权的抗辩事由对著作权侵权纠纷的双方利益影响重大。
• Prelitigation demur right is the special right the general guarantor has against the creditor.
  先诉抗辩权是一般保证人对债权人享有的专有抗辩权。
• Without demur, he gave me the three appointments I asked for.
  他毫无异议地把我所要的三件家具给了我。
• This people is done not have it seems that on surface layer understanding how old demur.
  这一点人们在表层认识上似乎没有多大异议。
• Therefore, as the accused side, if there was no approaching action actually, they should demur powerfully, or else their interest would be damaged.
  因此，作为被控侵权方，如果事实上不存在侵权行为，应进行有理有力的抗辩，否则自己的利益将会受到损失。