官宣

assert / affirm / allege / aver 

 avouch / avow / maintain testify

assert

中文释义 ▏断言，声称 强调有力地且具有说服力地陈述和要求，以求得（法庭等的）认可。 

英文词义 ▏❶ To state positively. ❷ To invoke or enforce a legal right.

affirm

中文释义 ▏❶ 维持（原判）❷ （代替宣誓的）确认 在要求宣誓的场合，被要求者如宣称自己没有宗教信仰，或宣誓与其宗教信仰相背时，有权以作出确认来代替宣誓。也指作出确认保证后提供证词。❸ 断言；坚决主张 指答辩中坚决肯认某一事实。强调主动、庄严和正式地宣称或陈述某事属实，故主要表示确认，如上级法院对下级法院判决的确认，以及声称其没有宗教信仰，或声称合同有效，某诉辩事实属实等 ❹ 承认；确认 如果当事人签订的合同为可撤销的合同，而有权申请撤销的一方如果选择履行该合同，即视为其承认该合同。

英文词义 ▏❶ To confirm, ratify, or approve (a lower court's judgment) on appeal.●Sometimes, the verb is used without a direct object <we affirm>. The equivalent expression in British English is to deny the appeal. ❷ To solemnly declare rather than swear under oath. ❸ To testify or declare by affirmation.

allege

中文释义 ▏❶ 断言，宣称 表示在尚未提供证据的情况下的声称，其声称的事实需要经过证实或得到否决，故其经常具有“指控”的含义 ❷ 提出....作为理由

英文词义 ▏To assert as true, esp. that someone has done something wrong, though no occasion for definitive proof has yet occurred.

aver

中文释义 ▏v. ❶ 证明…为真实 ❷ （在诉状中）宣称；断言；主张；陈述 指在诉辩状的辩护中引例证明，用简短事实说明，故为“立证” ❸ 拥有 n．❹ （英格兰古法）财产；地产 尤指家畜、役畜，如牛、马等。

英文词义 ▏To assert positively, esp. in a pleading; to allege.

avouch

中文释义 ▏〈古〉保证；断言；承认 指一种担保或确认，尤指确认或证明一行为

英文词义 ▏To maintain or justify an act

avow

中文释义 ▏坦率承认；公开表示 只在诉辩状中公开宣称或承认，或证明已实施的行为正当等

英文词义 ▏In pleading, to acknowledge and justify an act done.

maintain

中文释义 ▏❶ 使继续；保持；维持 ❷ 保持占有（某物） ❸ 坚持意见；主张 多指违背事实对以前的陈述进行坚持，或就事实作相反争辩  ❹ 维护；维修；养护 ❺ 扶养；赡养 尤指以支付扶养费的方式在财力上供养他人。❻ 第三人帮助诉讼；帮讼（☛ maintenance；repair）

英文词义 ▏❶ To continue (something).❷ To continue in possession of (property, etc.). ❸To assert (a position or opinion); to uphold (a position or opinion) in argument.❹ To care for ( property ) for purposes of operational productivity or appearance; to engage in general repair and upkeep.❺ To support (someone) financially; esp., to pay alimony to.❻  (Of a third party to a lawsuit) to assist a litigant in prosecuting or defending a lawsuit, to meddle in someone else's litigation.

testify

中文释义 ▏证明；证实；作（见）证 主要指作为证人以提供证据的方式陈述和确认

英文词义 ▏❶ To give evidence as a witness <she testified that the Ford Bronco was at the defendant’s home at the critical time> ❷ (Of a person or thing) to bear witness <the incomplete log entries testified to his sloppiness>

（本文转自公众号“律蚁语言服务社”，已获授权）