confirm英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone). transitive

— She pulled through with the boy till he was confirmed; but then she told him that she could not feed him any longer; he would have to go out and earn his own bread.
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

— Despite all the evidence confirming the existence of the Protheans, little is known about their culture and society. From time to time, dig sites will yield new clues, but after 50,000 years of decay, little of value is unearthed.
To approve a proposal or nomination. transitive

— The Senate must confirm federal court appointments.

副词 adv.

For sure, definitely. Manglish,Singlish,not-comparable

— This is confirm not my handwriting.

词形变化

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词汇关系

反义词

infirm disconfirm deny dispute contradict question

衍生词

autoconfirm confirmable confirmance confirmative confirmee confirmingly confirmshaming deconfirm misconfirm preconfirm reconfirm unconfirm

词源

词源 1

From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).

词源 2

From Middle English confirmen, confermen, from Old French confermer, from Latin cōnfirmāre (“to make firm, strengthen, establish”), from con- (“together”) + firmāre (“to make firm”), from firmus (“firm”).