declare: [14] To declare something is to make it ‘clear’. English acquired the word from Latin dēclārāre ‘make clear’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and clārāre ‘make clear’, a derivative of clārus ‘clear’. => claret, clear
declare (v.)
early 14c., from Old French declarer "explain, elucidate," or directly from Latin declarare "make clear, reveal, disclose, announce," from de- intensive prefix (see de-) + clarare "clarify," from clarus "clear" (see clear (adj.)). Related: Declared; declaring.
雙語例句
1. Which do they want me to do? declare war or surrender?
他們想讓我做什么，宣戰還是投降？
來自柯林斯例句
2. His lawyers are confident that the judges will declare Mr Stevens innocent.
史蒂文斯先生的律師們確信法官將宣告他無罪。
來自柯林斯例句
3. You may have to declare that you have had an HIV test.
你可能需要聲明自己已經做過艾滋病病毒檢測。
來自柯林斯例句
4. It's too early to declare his efforts a success.
現在就斷言他的努力已經獲得成功還為時過早。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The government is ready to declare a permanent ceasefire.