〈正式〉 宣称;断言
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[with clause]
he averred that he was innocent of the allegations 他宣称自己对指控毫不知情
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[with direct speech]
‘I don't have to do anything—it's his problem,’ Rory averred. “我什么也不用做,那是他的问题,”罗里声称。
[with obj.]
【律】 (支持申诉时)证明…属实。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘declare or confirm to be true’): from Old French