demur: [13] Like its French cousin demeurer, demur originally meant ‘stay, linger’. It was not until the 17th century that the current sense, ‘raise objections’, developed, via earlier ‘delay’ and ‘hesitate in uncertainty’. The word comes via Old French demorer and Vulgar Latin *dēmorāre from Latin dēmorārī, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē- and morārī ‘delay’ (source also of English moratorium [19]). => demure, moratorium
demur (v.)
c. 1200, "to linger, tarry, delay," from Old French demorer "delay, retard," from Latin demorari "to linger, loiter, tarry," from de- (see de-) + morari "to delay," from mora "a pause, delay" (see moratorium). Main modern sense of "raise objections" is first attested 1630s. Related: Demurred; demurring.
双语例句
1. They accepted without demur.
他们接受了,没有提出异议.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. When Scobie opened the door and stood aside for her to enter, she did so without demur.
当斯科比打开门并站到一边让她进去时，她毫不犹豫地这样做了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. O'Brien's servant, however, had admitted the two of them without demur.
但是, 奥勃良 的仆人二话不说, 让他们两人进来.
来自英汉文学
4. Without demur, they joined the party in my rooms.
他们没有推辞就到我的屋里一起聚餐了.
来自辞典例句
5. In the end Nixon accepted our unanimous advice without demur.
