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

• The demurred at the idea of not paying.
  他们对不付帐表示异议。
• She demurred at the difficulty.
  她因困难而踌躇。
• The employees demurred at working overtime.
  从业人员对加班表示异议。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Still, when asked by an analyst when Goldman plans to bring its high compensation in line with other Wall Street firms, vinar demurred, basically saying that Goldman employees were worth more.
  但当一位分析师问到，高盛计划什么时候调低公司的高薪，使其下降到与其他华尔街公司相一致的水平时，温纳却含糊其辞，大致意思是高盛雇员的价值更高。
• Counsel stated that there was no case to answers, but the judge demurred.
  律师声明没有必要进行答辩，但法官表示不同意。