reassert
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·as·sert /ˌriːəˈsɜːt $ -ˈsɜːrt/ verb [transitive] 1 reassert your authority/power/control to do or say something to make your position stronger after a period when it seemed weak 重申权威/权力/控制权 The prime minister aimed to reassert his authority. 首相意在重申他的权威。2 to state a fact or opinion again, often more strongly or more clearly 再次断言；再次声明 He used the opportunity to reassert his position on energy policy. 他利用这个机会重申他在能源政策方面的立场。3 reassert itself if something reasserts itself, it returns or becomes stronger after a period when it was missing or weak 重新发挥作用 At last, common sense had reasserted itself. 最后，常识占了上风。→ See Verb table
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reassert• The battered Premier was today desperately trying to reassert his authority after Mr Lamont's devastating attack.• Historians are divided into two viewpoints about the Tsars ability to reassert his power and avoid revolution.They are the optimists and pessimists.• It was clearly time for true Protestantism to reassert itself and win allegiances.• There may be some recovery when they go to school, but the dip will reassert itself during the teenage years.• But it also allows the traditional power biology has within psychology to reassert itself within them.• I wondered, naturally, how and when reality would reassert itself.• We need first to reassert our strong continuing interest in the area.• None the less, the moral imperatives that are intrinsic to the student role will always reassert themselves.re·as·sert verbChineseSyllable
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reassert
re‧as‧sert /ˌriːəˈsɜːt $ -ˈsɜːrt/
verb [transitive]
1. reassert your authority/power/control to do or say something to make your position stronger after a period when it seemed weak:
The Prime Minister aimed to reassert his authority.
2. to state a fact or opinion again, often more strongly or more clearly:
He used the opportunity to reassert his position on energy policy.
3. reassert itself if something reasserts itself, it returns or becomes stronger after a period when it was missing or weak:
At last, common sense had reasserted itself.
re‧as‧sert /ˌriːəˈsɜːt $ -ˈsɜːrt/
verb [transitive]1. reassert your authority/power/control to do or say something to make your position stronger after a period when it seemed weak:
2. to state a fact or opinion again, often more strongly or more clearly:
3. reassert itself if something reasserts itself, it returns or becomes stronger after a period when it was missing or weak: