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

• 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。
• 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。
• But the BLM has so far demurred.
  但土地管理局现在依然反对这项条款。
• The White House and State Department demurred, wanting to see if Mr. Putin responded substantively to the proposals.
  白宫和美国国务院提出异议，希望了解普京是否对这些提议有实质性的反馈。
• Last year, when I asked page whether plas are evil, he demurred.
  去年，笔者曾询问过佩奇产品列表广告是否有失公允，他表示反对。
• 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 doctor demurred, but Piercey was insistent.
  医生提出异议，但皮尔西却一再坚持。
• 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。
• They demurred at the proposal.
  他们反对那项建议。
• 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。