0 to say that something is certainly true -- 断言；坚称
[ + speech ] "He's guilty, I tell you," she averred. “我告诉你们，他有罪，”她一口咬定说。
[ + that ] She averred that he was guilty. 她一口咬定他有罪。
In fact, many points raised by the ' critical ' approach have quite pragmatic implications, if the political compromise averred in this paper is to work.
It has been averred by one speaker after another this afternoon that this is a somewhat vindictive political measure.
The father, however, averred that with his own hands he had cleared the table four months previously.
Sometimes, it is averred that the investigation of causal mechanisms involves a different set of methodological tools than would be common, or useful, to an investigation of covariational relationships.
It all makes for an unusual but impressive response and the whole piece works very well - although purists might aver it does so for all the wrong reasons.
I aver with sorrow that we are entering into times of depression.
Most people would aver that the 'mapping component' is of no interest to them, but actually if you experience this piece as something powerful and expressive, that's what you're hearing.
Skinner averred that experimental analysis would ultimately reveal causal links between covert behavior and the overt environment.
