declare
英[d?'kle?]
美[d?'kl?r]
- vt. 宣布，聲明；斷言，宣稱
- vi. 聲明，宣布
英英釋意
- 1. state emphatically and authoritatively;
- "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
- 2. announce publicly or officially;
- "The President declared war"
- 3. state firmly;
- "He declared that he was innocent"
- 4. declare to be;
- "She was declared incompetent"
- "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
- 5. authorize payments of;
- "declare dividends"
- 6. designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
- 7. make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official;
- "Do you have anything to declare?"
- 8. proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against;
- "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"