expressing opinions or desires strongly and with confidence, so that people take notice opposite submissive堅定自信的;堅決主張的 Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1, Personal qualitiesc1People today are more assertive in their demands for social justice. 今天的人們對社會正義的要求更加自信。 She decided to adopt a more assertive approach. 她決定采取更果斷的方法。 There was a new assertive foreign policy in the White House. 當時白宮制定的新外交政策是絕不含糊。 They get training in how to be assertive rather than aggressive. 他們接受如何變得自信而不是好鬥的訓練。