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。
• 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。
• She demurred at the difficulty.
  她因困难而踌躇。
• They demurred at the proposal.
  他们反对那项建议。
• 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。
• But the BLM has so far demurred.
  但土地管理局现在依然反对这项条款。
• 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。
• The employees demurred at working overtime.
  从业人员对加班表示异议。
• But, the master demurred, that is the last word in realization.
  但是，师父提出异议，最后一句话就是对神的实现。
• 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。