| 词组 | aver |
| 释义 | aver Copperud 1970, 1980 calls aver objectionable when it means "say." Although he adds the opinions of Bernstein and Flesch to his own, the fact is that except in legal contexts aver hardly ever means anything else. Copperud's objection appears to be based on dictionary definitions—for instance "to declare positively." But one must remember that the degree of positiveness is often more apparent to the writer than it is to the reader. These are typical uses: • The Duchess of Rutland, who ventured nearest, was even heard to aver that she discerned a tear in Elizabeth's eye —Sir Walter Scott, Kenilworth, 1821 • But where was Richard? Adrian positively averred he was not with his wife —George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, 1859 • "No American as rich as Mrs. Ballintin," the architect solemnly averred, "need ever be entirely without heirlooms." —Mary Austin, Starry Adventure, 1931 • The tragedy of the nineteenth century, Pope Leo XIII averred, was that the workers were lost to the Church —Anne Fremantle, Saturday Rev., 6 Mar. 1954 • Strato had proudly averred that he did not need the help of the gods to make a world —Benjamin Far-rington, Greek Science, 1953 • ... truth, indeed, may not exist; science avers it to be only a relation —Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, 1904 • The money saved by improved surveying, Dee averred, would suffice to found a mathematical readership in each of the two universities —S. F. Mason, Main Currents of Scientific Thought, 1953 • In 1899 most scientists would have unhesitatingly averred that nature was like this —Sir James Jeans, The New Background of Science, 1934 • If, as some people aver, animals are not talking when they make noises, what is it they are doing? —Emily Hahn, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 1971 • ... the hypocrisy of the Poles, both I. S. and V. aver, exceeds even that of the Viennese —Robert Craft, Stravinsky, 1972 • This, members of the inner circle of art aver, would be a "disaster." —Joanne Dann, Saturday Rev., 8 Jan. 1977 |
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