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。

• confirm相关词

用法辨析

v. (动词)

• 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。

• confirm使用方法
• confirm详细辨析

英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

• What he observed confirmed his judgement.
  他观察到的现象证实了他的判断。

S+～+that-clause

• 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。

S+～+ n./pron. +as n.

• The President confirmed him as secretary of state.
  总统任命他为国务卿。

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• 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

～+副词

• confirm particularly 特别地证实
• confirm posthumously 追认
• confirm speedily 快速批准

～+介词

• confirm by experience 为经验所证实

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (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

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.

• confirm剑桥字典
• confirm柯林斯字典

专业释义

法学

• 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

计算机科学技术

• 确认
• 证实
• 请求/指示/回应/确认