affirm和allege的区别

affirmvt.断言,坚持声称；证实,确认verb(formal)tostatefirmlyorpubliclythatsthistrueorthatyousupportsthstrongly:[VN]Bothsidesaffirmedtheircommitmenttotheceasefire.◆ThedecisionwasaffirmedbytheCourtofAppeal.◆[Vthat]Icanaffirmthatnoonewilllosetheirjob.[alsoVspeech]affirmationnoun[U,C]:Shenoddedherheadinaffirmation.allegevt.断言，宣称，硬说verb[oftenpassive](formal)tostatesthasafactbutwithoutgivingproof:[V(that)]Theprosecutionalleges(that)shewasdrivingcarelessly.◆[VNthat]Itisallegedthathemistreatedtheprisoners.◆[VNtoinf]Heisallegedtohavemistreatedtheprisoners.HelpNote:Thispatternisonlyusedinthepassive.[VN]Thisprocedureshouldbefollowedincaseswheredishonestyhasbeenalleged.[alsoVspeech]allegedadjective[onlybeforenoun](formal):theallegedattacker/victim/killer(=thatsbsaysisone)◆theallegedattack/offence/incident(=thatsbsayshashappened)◆Thegirlgaveevidenceincourtagainstherallegedattacker.allegedlyadverb:crimesallegedlycommittedduringthewar

allegation词根

allege，宣称，断言；提出…作为理由

allegation的词根

allegation(宣称)即al+leg+ation，al-前缀表“加强”，leg词根意为“说”(如legend→leg说+end名词后缀表“物”→人们都在说的东西→传奇)，-ation名词后缀。allege为其动词形式。