confirm
音标发音
- 英式音标 [kən'fə:mkən'fɜːm]
- 美式音标 [kənˈfɝːm]
- 国际音标 [kən'fə:m]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 确认;确定;证实;批准;使巩固
词源解说
- 13世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的confirmare:com (表强调) + firmare (加强),意为进一步加强。
词根记忆
- con(表加强) + firm(坚固的)→使…坚固的→证实;确认
- con(表加强) + firm(坚固)→使…坚固的→巩固
- con(表加强) + firm(坚固的)→使更加坚固→证实;肯定
- con(表加强) + firm(坚固的)→使巩固
- con(加强) + firm(坚定)→十分坚定→确定
- con(表加强) + firm(坚定)→十分坚定→确定
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- confirmed:确认的;保兑的;坚定的;惯常的。
- confirmatory:证实的;确定的。
- confirmable:可证实的;可确定的。
- n性质的同根词
- confirmation:确认;证实;证明;批准。
- v性质的同根词
- confirmed:确证;使坚定(confirm的过去分词);批准。
用法辨析
- confirm的基本意思是“证实”“确定”,指以不可辩驳的事实或不容置疑的陈述证实某事的真实性、准确性、正确性以及有效程度,引申可表示为“认可”“坚定”。
- confirm是及物动词,其主语多为人,宾语可以是名词、代词或that从句,也可接以as短语充当补足语的复合宾语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- What he observed confirmed his judgement.
他观察到的现象证实了他的判断。 - The announcement confirmed that the election would take place on June 20th.
公告证实选举将在6月20日举行。 - The President confirmed him as secretary of state.
总统任命他为国务卿。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+that-clause
S+~+ n./pron. +as n.
词组短语
- confirm report 批准报告
- confirm telephone message 加强电话信息
- confirm a title to sb 批准授予某人一个称号
- confirm particularly 特别地证实
- confirm posthumously 追认
- confirm speedily 快速批准
- confirm by experience 为经验所证实
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
~+副词
~+介词
英英字典
- (MAKE CERTAIN) to make an arrangement or meeting certain, often by phone or writing
- (PROVE TRUE) to prove that a belief or an opinion that was previously not completely certain is true
- (RELIGION) to accept someone formally as a full member of the Christian Church at a special ceremony
- If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
- confirmation
- If you confirm something that has been stated or suggested, you say that it is true because you know about it.
- confirmation
- If you confirm an arrangement or appointment, you say that it is definite, usually in a letter or on the telephone.
- confirmation
- If someone is confirmed, they are formally accepted as a member of a Christian church during a ceremony in which they say they believe what the church teaches.
- confirmation
- If something confirms you in your decision, belief, or opinion, it makes you think that you are definitely right.
- If something confirms you as something, it shows that you definitely deserve a name, role, or position.
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专业释义
- 认定
This part talks about how to confirm the property rights of house and how to divide the marital house.
本部分通过介绍如何认定房屋的权属和具体的分割方法,来具体说明离婚夫妻房屋分割的操作。环境科学技术
- 确定
We confirm the vacuum degree which is 0.03-0.04Mpa in the progress of washing and dehydration . We need wash the drilling fluid for six times.
调理后泥浆脱水过程研究选用真空带式压滤机进行脱水,通过中试研究,确定洗涤脱水过程的真空度控制在:0.03—0.04Mpa;在脱水过程中水洗六次。文学
- 认同
How they review their nation's today and tomorrow, to what extend they confirm with their nation, are the problems my paper will explore.
他们怎样看待自己民族的现今和未来呢,他们对自己民族的认同感如何,这将是本文着力探讨的问题。宗教学
- 给…行按手礼,给…施坚信礼
- 确认
- 证实
- 请求/指示/回应/确认