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

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  1. VERB 表示反对;提出异议
    If you demur, 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。
  2. PHRASE 毫无异议地;毫不犹豫地
    If you do something without 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。
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双语例句

  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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. The lawyer requested a break-in the court case, but the judge demurred.
    律师请求法庭暂停，但法官拒绝了。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. The demurred at the idea of not paying.
    他们对不付帐表示异议。
  14. The most daunting potential late entrants to the race, Mr Christie and Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and tea-party darling, have now officially demurred.
    这场竞选中最让人气馁的潜在竞选人，克里斯蒂和前阿拉斯加州长、茶党新宠萨拉.佩林，现在都官方宣布了不参选。
  15. The employees demurred at working overtime.
    从业人员对加班表示异议。
  16. They demurred at the proposal.
    他们反对那项建议。
  17. She demurred at the difficulty.
    她因困难而踌躇。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. But the BLM has so far demurred.
    但土地管理局现在依然反对这项条款。
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