坚称

Perhaps the worst is his lisping on certain consonants, although he himself argued that this was nothing more than an intrinsic feature of the language as it was spoken in his hometown.

Corelli在某些辅音发声时的含混不清可能是其中最严重的一点。虽然他本人坚称这只是其家乡意大利语口音的一种特点。

S Macleod maintains that Labour is her only serious rival.

acleod坚称工党是她唯一的真正对手。

Finally, there is the "maximin" principle, as proposed by the Harvard philosopher John Rawls, which insists on choosing those social arrangements that maximize the well-being of the poorest member of a community, subject to the preservation of liberty.

最后一种哲学传统为"最大最小"原则。此一主义为哈佛哲学家John Rawls所提出。该传统坚称"社会安排之选择，必须最大化最贫穷者之福利，约束条件为保障自由"。

Blair memorably described the continent as a scar on the conscience of the world and insisted that the international community could heal it.

此前布莱尔形容非洲是全球良心上的一道伤痕，并坚称国际社会可以治好它。

If someone maintains t h at two and two are five, or t h at Iceland is on t h e equator, you feel pity rat h er t h an anger, unless you know so little of arit h metic or geograp h y t h at h is opinion s h akes your own contrary conviction.

倘若有人坚称，2加2等于5，冰岛是在赤道上，你只会感到同情而不是愤怒，除非你对算术或地理知之甚少，以致他的观点动摇了你的立场。

However, David admitted that he did nudge the cap off the woman's head, and has since apologized for his misdemeanour. The lady has already dropped charges against him.

他坚称没有动粗，但承认曾粗鲁地脱去对方帽子然后理论，并对事件公开致歉，强调已当面向黄小姐道歉，对方于昨日也撤销对他的控诉。

Mr Sulak has often been accused of lese-majeste. He insists that he is a monarchist at heart.

苏拉克常被控违反《欺君法》，但他坚称自己衷心拥护君主制。

Sudan requested that international observers come test the remains of the factory for any signs of the nerve gas Clinton had insisted was there.

苏 丹要求国际观察家来测试被炸的工厂的残余部分，看看有没有克林顿坚称的那里有的神经毒气。

He maintains that there must be a gap of many years between the man and the nymphet for him to come under her spell.

他坚称，在和这样的"nymphet"和被她迷惑的一名男士之间必须有一段很长的时间差距。

But it will survive: if anyone has to suffer, it will not be the poor but "the oligarchy ," he insisted.

他坚称革命的步伐将不会停止：如果有人要受苦，也不会是穷人，而是那些"寡头"。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷