assert vt. 1.主张,硬说;断言,声明。 2.维护(权利),坚持。 They asserted that the man was innocent. 他们断言那人无罪。 assert one's rights 维护自己权利。 assert oneself 坚持自己的权利;表现自己 (Justice will assert itself. 正义必将伸张;公道自在人心)。
herself pron. (pl. themselves) 1.〔作反身代词〕她自己。 She ought to be ashamed of herself. 她应当感到羞愧。 She killed herself. 她自杀了。 2.〔加强语气〕她本人,她亲自。 She said it herself. 她自己说的。 H- an orphan, she understood the situation. 她本身是个孤儿,理解这情况。 be [become, come to] herself (情绪、健康)处于正常情况( She is not quite herself today. 她今天有些反常[不舒服]。 She has come to herself. 她已复原了,她已恢复正常)。 (all) by herself 她独自地;她独立地。
It was only when he crawled to bed at night, or to breakfast in the morning, that she asserted herself to him in fleeting memories 只有在晚上钻进被窝或是早上去吃早饭时露丝才在他短暂的回忆中确认了自己的地位。