Confirm
[kən'fɜːm] or [kən'fɝm]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make more firm; 'Confirm thy soul in self-control!'.
(verb.) establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; 'his story confirmed my doubts'; 'The evidence supports the defendant'.
(verb.) strengthen or make more firm; 'The witnesses confirmed the victim's account'.
(verb.) administer the rite of confirmation to; 'the children were confirmed in their mother's faith'.
(verb.) support a person for a position; 'The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense'.
手打:特雷弗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
(v. t.) To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
(v. t.) To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.
(v. t.) To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.
(v. t.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.
編輯:莉莉
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Establish, fix, settle, assure, make firm.[2]. Strengthen, add strength to.[3]. Corroborate, substantiate, verify.[4]. Ratify, sanction, bind.
阿奇校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Strengthen, stabilitate, establish, substantiate, settle, prove, fix,perpetuate, sanction, corroborate, ratify
ANT:Weaken, shake, upset, cancel, abrogate, repeal, annul, confute, refute
克莱儿整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to strengthen: to fix or establish: to ratify: to verify: to assure: to admit to full communion.—adj. Confirm′able.—n. Confirmā′tion a making firm or sure: convincing proof: the rite by which persons are admitted to full communion in the R.C. Greek Lutheran Anglican and other Churches.—adjs. Confirm′ative tending to confirm; Confirm′atory giving additional strength to: confirming; Confirmed′ settled: inveterate.—ns. Confirmee′ one to whom anything is confirmed; Confirm′er; Confirm′ing.
手打:萨曼莎
例句/造句/用法:
- He spoke of the state of England; the necessary measures to be taken to ensure its security, and confirm its prosperity. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Hence, the canon of Natura non facit saltum, which every fresh addition to our knowledge tends to confirm, is on this theory intelligible. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- The practical use of the invention when turned to the heavenly bodies served to confirm the truth of the discovery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Give me a kiss, my dear child, in saying Good Night, and let me confirm what my old lady tells you. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Certainly, I can: and your friend will unhesitatingly confirm the truth of what I assert. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Citizen Gabelle was called to confirm it, and did so. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- But learning from language will be found, when analyzed, to confirm the principle just laid down. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The physician, on his arrival, confirmed my view of the case. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- This theory has since that time been abundantly confirmed by navigators. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- When I became Joe's 'prentice, Orlick was perhaps confirmed in some suspicion that I should displace him; howbeit, he liked me still less. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Their exclusive charter has not been confirmed by act of parliament. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The Department may have either originated, or confirmed, a Minute making that recommendation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Another circumstance strengthened and confirmed these feelings. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- What happens in the course of action neither confirms, refutes, nor alters it. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Mrs. Rouncewell confirms all this, not without personal pride, reserving only the one point of affability. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I know, I feel she was innocent; you are of the same opinion, and that confirms me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- It simply confirms the plan of conduct which I had previously arranged. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He confirms me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- His opinion on one point confirms my own. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He thinks the purple room is the one that ought to be got ready, and he confirms what I told you. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- For his observation was constantly confirming Mr. Farebrother's assurance that the banker would not overlook opposition. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- So debating becomes a way of confirming your own prejudices; it is never, never in any debate I have suffered through, a search for understanding from the angles of two differing insights. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- This double relation of leading to and confirming is what is meant by the terms logical and rational. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- In spite of the moderation of his tone, each word he spoke had the effect of confirming Lily's resistance. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- His eyes were on her hand again directly, and her opportunity of confirming or correcting the impression was gone. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
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