| 单词 | statement |
| 释义 | statement (once / 71 pages) n A statement is a sentence that says something is true, like "Pizza is delicious." There are other kinds of statements in the worlds of the law, banking, and government. All statements claim something or make a point. If you witness an accident, you make a statement to police, describing what you saw. You get a statement from your bank, a monthly record of what you spent and what you have left. Sometimes a statement isn't so official — it's just some kind of point being made. People say someone's car makes a statement — or their clothes do. Running away on your wedding day would make a huge statement. WORD FAMILYstatement: statements+/interstate: interstates/misstate: misstated, misstatement, misstates, misstating/misstatement: misstatements/overstate: overstated, overstatement, overstates, overstating/overstatement: overstatements/restate: restated, restatement, restates, restating/restatement: restatements/state: interstate, intrastate, misstate, overstate, restate, stated, stateless, statement, stater, states, stating, understate/stated: statedly, unstated/stater: staters/understate: understated, understatement, understates, understating/understated: understatedly/understatement: understatements USAGE EXAMPLESCounty police are investigating but do not suspect foul play, according to a statement on the county’s Facebook page. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A statement issued to the Diamondback from ProtectUMD about why no Jewish groups signed the demands said that any community was welcome to participate. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) The company said in its statement that the laptop was not connected to its grid systems. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the act of affirming or asserting or stating something Syn|Hypo|Hyper affirmation, assertion say-so one chap's arbitrary assertion speech act the use of language to perform some act 2n a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc according to his statement he was in London on that day Exp|Hypo|Hyper Articles of Confederation a written agreement ratified in 1781 by the thirteen original states; it provided a legal symbol of their union by giving the central government no coercive power over the states or their citizens Communist Manifestoa socialist manifesto written by Marx and Engels (1842) describing the history of the working-class movement according to their views First Amendmentan amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of free expression; includes freedom of assembly and freedom of the press and freedom of religion and freedom of speech Fifth Amendmentan amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes; mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy; requires just compensation if private property is taken for public use Fourteenth Amendmentan amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government Eighteenth Amendmentan amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages; repealed in 1932 Nineteenth Amendmentan amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920; guarantees that no state can deny the right to vote on the basis of sex Annunciation(Christianity) the announcement to the Virgin Mary by the angel Gabriel of the incarnation of Christ Parkinson's lawC. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done Parkinson's lawC. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion Lateran Treatythe agreement signed in the Lateran Palace in 1929 by Italy and the Holy See which recognized the Vatican City as a sovereign and independent papal state North Atlantic Treatythe treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established NATO SALT Ithe first treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SALT IIthe second treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics resulting from the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Peace of Westphaliathe peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648 Chemical Weapons Conventiona global treaty banning the production or acquisition or stockpiling or transfer or use of chemical weapons Geneva Conventionan agreement first drawn up in Geneva in 1864 and later revised concerning the treatment of captured and wounded military personnel and civilians in wartime Treaty of Versaillesthe treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans Missouri Compromisean agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories sum-up, summary a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form pleading(law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding amendmenta statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.) thinga statement regarded as an object true statement, trutha true statement description, verbal descriptiona statement that represents something in words declarationa statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) announcement, annunciation, declaration, proclamationa formal public statement Bill of Rightsa statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) formulaa conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle mathematical statementa statement of a mathematical relation bid, bidding(bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make worda brief statement account, explanationa statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. explanandum, explicandum(logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained explanans(logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premises value statementa statement of the desirability of something representationa statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting answer, resolution, result, solution, solventa statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem answer, reply, responsea statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation announcement, promulgationa public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognosticationa statement made about the future proposition(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false quotationa statement of the current market price of a security or commodity falsehood, falsity, untrutha false statement understatementa statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said qualification, reservationa statement that limits or restricts some claim cautious statementa statement made with careful qualifications comment, commentarya written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material comment, input, remarka statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information rhetorical questiona statement that is formulated as a question but that is not supposed to be answered misstatementa statement that contains a mistake restatementa revised statement agreement, understandingthe statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises condition, term(usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement estimatea statement indicating the likely cost of some job chemical formula, formulaa representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements representationa factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract declarationa statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties assurancea statement intended to inspire confidence recitala detailed statement giving facts and figures negationa negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement argument, literary argumenta summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie capitulationa summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic compendiuma concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work abridgement, abridgment, capsule, condensationa shortened version of a written work conspectusan overall summary CV, curriculum vitae, resumea summary of your academic and work history line scorea summary of the scoring in a game (usually in tabular form) abstract, outline, precis, synopsisa sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory overviewa general summary of a subject roundupa summary list; as in e.g. "a news roundup" resume, sketch, surveyshort descriptive summary (of events) rundown, summation, summing upa concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) confederacy, conspiracya secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act fair-trade agreementan agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer covenant(Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return unilateral contracta one-sided agreement whereby you promise to do (or refrain from doing) something in return for a performance (not a promise) sale, sales agreementan agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer) affirmative pleadingany defensive pleading that affirms facts rather than merely denying the facts alleged by the plaintiff alternative pleading, pleading in the alternativea pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on answerthe principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims charge, complaint(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense complaint(civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based defective pleadingany pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency demurrer(law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings rebuttal, rebutter(law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder replication(law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer rejoinder(law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication special pleading(law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations surrebuttal, surrebutter(law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter surrejoinder(law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder equationa mathematical statement that two expressions are equal ad-libremark made spontaneously without prior preparation courtesya courteous or respectful or considerate remark gospel, gospel truthan unquestionable truth job descriptiondescription of the responsibilities associated with a given job spec, specificationa detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work bastardizationdeclaring or rendering bastard edicta formal or authoritative proclamation promulgationthe official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect confessiona public declaration of your faith manifesto, pronunciamentoa public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) dictum, pronouncement, say-soan authoritative declaration assertion, asseveration, avermenta declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) expression, formulaa group of symbols that make a mathematical statement protestationa strong declaration of protest postulation, predication(logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument threatdeclaration of an intention or a determination to inflict harm on another contract, declaration(contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make takeout(bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit overbid, overcall(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand) pre-empt, preempt, preemptive bida high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding simplificationan explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity accountinga convincing explanation that reveals basic causes reasonan explanation of the cause of some phenomenon justificationa statement in explanation of some action or belief expositionan account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse explicationa detailed explanation of the meaning of something denouementthe final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work gloss, rubrican explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text derivation, deriving, etymologizing(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase definitiona concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol rescripta reply by a Pope to an inquiry concerning a point of law or morality feedbackresponse to an inquiry or experiment advisoryan announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat bannsa public announcement of a proposed marriage handout, press release, releasean announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation noticean announcement containing information about an event program, programmean announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event extropythe prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe fortunetellingthe practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) horoscopea prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets meteorology, weather forecastingpredicting what the weather will be forecast, prognosisa prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop divination, prophecya prediction uttered under divine inspiration particular, particular proposition(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class universal, universal proposition(logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class negation(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false conversea proposition obtained by conversion lemmaa subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition theorema proposition deducible from basic postulates conclusion, ratiocinationthe proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) posit, postulate(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning axiom(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident dodge, dodging, schemea statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery lie, prevaricationa statement that deviates from or perverts the truth fable, fabrication, fictiona deliberately false or improbable account deceit, deception, misrepresentationa misleading falsehood fine print, small printthe part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type weasel wordan equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion Midrash(Judaism) an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures that is based on Jewish methods of interpretation and attached to the biblical text annotation, notation, notea comment or instruction (usually added) gambit, ployan opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker obiter dictum, passing commentan incidental remark mention, referencea remark that calls attention to something or someone observation, reflection, reflexiona remark expressing careful consideration riba teasing remark crack, quip, sally, wisecrackwitty remark barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slaman aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect conversation stopper, stoppera remark to which there is no polite conversational reply demythologisation, demythologizationthe restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms mythologisation, mythologizationthe restatement of a message as a myth error, mistakepart of a statement that is not correct malaprop, malapropismthe unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar slip of the tonguean accidental and usually trivial mistake in speaking bargain, dealan agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each working agreementan informal agreement to work together gentlemen's agreementa personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding written agreementa legal document summarizing the agreement between parties submissionan agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter entente, entente cordialea friendly understanding between political powers oral contractan agreement that is not in writing and is not signed by the parties but is a real existing contract that lacks only the formal requirement of a memorandum to render it enforceable in litigation molecular formulaa chemical formula based on analysis and molecular weight empirical formulaa chemical formula showing the ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms tautology(logic) a statement that is necessarily true litotes, meiosisunderstatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitudea trite or obvious remark truisman obvious truth interpretationan explanation that results from interpreting something reservationthe written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance settlementa conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it severance agreementan agreement on the terms on which an employee will leave suicide pactan agreement by two or more people to commit suicide together at a given place and time characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word picture, word-paintinga graphic or vivid verbal description contradiction, contradiction in terms(logic) a statement that is necessarily false clean bill of healthan assurance that someone is healthy or something is in good condition wanted notice, wanted postera public announcement by a law enforcement agency that they desire to question or arrest some person walk-througha thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process zingera striking or amusing or caustic remark content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about 3n a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true Syn|Hypo|Hyper argument proof a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it counterargumentan argument offered in opposition to another argument proan argument in favor of a proposal conan argument opposed to a proposal casea statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument clincher, determiner, determining factoran argument that is conclusive adducingciting as evidence or proof last wordthe final statement in a verbal argument specious argumentan argument that appears good at first view but is really fallacious mathematical proofproof of a mathematical theorem logical proofproof of a logical theorem demonstration, monstranceproof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion vicious circlean argument that assumes that which is to be proved straw man, strawmana weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted special pleadingan argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence evidence an indication that makes something evident 4n a document showing credits and debits Syn|Hypo|Hyper financial statement bank statement a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client account, bill, invoicean itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered account, account statement, accountinga statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance earnings report, income statement, operating statement, profit-and-loss statementa financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period electric billa bill for money owed for electricity used hotel billstatement of charges for staying in a hotel doctor's bill, medical billstatement of charges for medical services phone bill, telephone billstatement of charges for telephone service reckoning, tallya bill for an amount due tax billmoney owed for taxes check, chit, tabthe bill in a restaurant capital account(finance) an account of the net value of a business at a specified date capital account(economics) that part of the balance of payments recording a nation's outflow and inflow of financial securities profit and loss, profit and loss accountan account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss suspense accountan account used temporarily to carry doubtful receipts and disbursements or discrepancies pending their analysis and permanent classification expense account, travel and entertainment accountan account to which salespersons or executives can charge travel and entertainment expenses commercial document, commercial instrument a document of or relating to commerce 5n (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program Syn|Hypo|Hyper command, instruction, program line call an instruction that interrupts the program being executed command linecommands that a user types in order to run an application link(computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list macro, macro instructiona single computer instruction that results in a series of instructions in machine language system erroran instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules toggleany instruction that works first one way and then the other; it turns something on the first time it is used and then turns it off the next time function calla call that passes control to a subroutine; after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program hyperlinka link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen supervisor call instruction, system callan instruction that interrupts the program being executed and passes control to the supervisor code, computer code (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions 6n (music) the presentation of a musical theme the initial statement of the sonata Hypo|Hyper augmentation the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original) diminutionthe statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) idea, melodic theme, musical theme, theme (music) melodic subject of a musical composition 7n a nonverbal message a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention Hyper content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about |
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