1·The exhaustion of the Western alliance has coincided with the growing buoyancy and assertiveness of Asia and Latin America.
与西方联盟的疲倦不堪对比鲜明的是，亚洲和拉丁美洲不断增长中的活力和自信。
2·I very much agree that this is the real benefit, and I admire [your assertiveness] in coming right out and saying it.
我非常同意这才是TDD真正的好处，我也很仰慕你[如此自信]敢于直接把它讲出来。
3·But the real foundation of their new assertiveness is economic.
但它们新生自信的真正基础来自经济。
4·Women tend to perceive assertiveness as aggressiveness, and use this means of communication less often.
女性倾向于把过分自信看成侵犯，这样的话沟通也就相应变少了。
5·As symbolic evidence of growing Chinese assertiveness in its neighbourhood, the footage can hardly be beaten.
这份录像带作为中国不断向邻国表达自信的象征性证据，几乎难以否定。