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

• 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。
• 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。
• They demurred at the proposal.
  他们反对那项建议。
• 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。
• But the BLM has so far demurred.
  但土地管理局现在依然反对这项条款。
• 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。
• The demurred at the idea of not paying.
  他们对不付帐表示异议。
• 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。