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

• They demurred at the proposal.
  他们反对那项建议。
• When we did meet steamed, stir-fried or sauteed I usually politely demurred and pushed it to the side of my plate.
  当我们确实碰面的时候，或是蒸的或是炒的，我通常会礼貌性的提出抗议，并把它推到我的盘子边。
• Last year, when I asked page whether plas are evil, he demurred.
  去年，笔者曾询问过佩奇产品列表广告是否有失公允，他表示反对。
• The lawyer requested a break-in the court case, but the judge demurred.
  律师请求法庭暂停，但法官拒绝了。
• She demurred at the difficulty.
  她因困难而踌躇。
• The doctor demurred, but Piercey was insistent.
  医生提出异议，但皮尔西却一再坚持。
• 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。
• But the BLM has so far demurred.
  但土地管理局现在依然反对这项条款。
• 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。