0 Someone who is assertive behaves confidently and is not frightened to say what they want or believe. -- 堅定自信的；果敢的
Don't let him boss you around like that - try to be a bit more assertive!
In difficult situations like that, it's important to be assertive without getting angry or aggressive.
I've become a lot more assertive as I've got older, and will no longer put up with bad service.
He taught his children to be assertive and to stand up to the bullies.
In any culture there are people who are assertive, submissive, friendly, unfriendly, vibrant, mellow, and so on.
Thus, in the song's opening gestures, sound ruptures spacious silence and silence engulfs assertive sound; neither sound nor silence gains a firm perceptual foothold.
It is clear, however, that the more determined and assertive students were able to overcome such obstacles by asking and negotiating.
