demurring
v. 表示異議,反對( demur的現在分詞 )
If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
Hunt wanted to know, would I be prepared to take over the whole operation and supervise it? At first I demurred...
亨特想要知道我是否有準備接手整個行動並對其進行監督。剛開始我表示反對。
The doctor demurred, but Piercey was insistent.
醫生提出異議,但皮爾西卻一再堅持。
If you do something without demur, you do it immediately and without making any protest.
When Scobie opened the door and stood aside for her to enter, she did so without demur.
當斯科比開啟門並站到一邊讓她進去時,她毫不猶豫地這樣做了。