demur

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📖 中文释义

  1. vi. 提出异议, 反对, 抗辩
  2. n. 异议, 反对

🔗 释义中的汉语词

🧩 词形变化

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

💬 双语例句

  1. Shortly before the current Iraq war, when Bush administration economist Larry Lindsey suggested that the costs might range between $100 and $200 billion, other officials quickly demurred. For example, Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels put the number at $60 billion.

🔵 同义词

📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
  2. v. take exception to
  3. v. enter a demurrer