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

• 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。
• 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。
• They demurred at the proposal.
  他们反对那项建议。
• The demurred at the idea of not paying.
  他们对不付帐表示异议。
• The White House and State Department demurred, wanting to see if Mr. Putin responded substantively to the proposals.
  白宫和美国国务院提出异议，希望了解普京是否对这些提议有实质性的反馈。
• She demurred at the difficulty.
  她因困难而踌躇。
• 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。
• Mr. To demurred when asked which restaurant was his favorite.
  被问到自己最喜欢哪家餐厅，陶先生表示无法回答。
• The doctor demurred, but Piercey was insistent.
  医生提出异议，但皮尔西却一再坚持。