0 something that someone says or writes officially, or an action done to express an opinion -- （正式的）说明；声明；表态
[ + that ] We were not surprised by their statement that jobs would be cut. 我们对他们宣布将进行裁员的消息并不感到吃惊。
He threw paint over the fur coats because he wanted to make a statement about cruelty to animals. 他把颜料洒在毛皮大衣上，借此表明自己对虐待动物一事的态度。
He produced a signed statement from the prisoner. 他出示了一份犯人签字画押的口供。
The government is expected to issue a statement about the investigation to the press. 预计政府会就该调查向新闻界作出说明。
Such statements support the model of altruism, placing public/client service before self-interest.
The majority of statements in every category of" domestic" responses are in fact made by working-class women.
Such statements are published at full-page length in the unreadable media.
Other writers expanded on, and embellished, earlier statements on the" freedom of the press", its role in society and its practices.
Thus, statements about the patient's condition constitute the evidential base, and these statements are treated as observation sentences.
Once musicians' royalty income becomes greater than the cost of their recording time and personal advances from the record company, they start receiving royalty statements.
We check the statements, file them and send them on to the band along with our commission invoice.
If this were not so, and all statements simply joined names that referred to individuals, nothing would be said about those individuals.
