affirm
英 [?'f??m]
美[?'f?m]
- vt. 肯定；斷言
- vi. 確認；斷言
GRECET6TEM4IELTS考研TOEFL中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?affirms;過去式:?affirmed;過去分詞:?affirmed;現在分詞:?affirming;名詞:?affirmation;
中文詞源
affirm 確認
前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。firm, 確認。
英文詞源
- affirm (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French afermier (Modern French affirmer) "affirm, confirm; strengthen, consolidate," from Latin affirmare "to make steady, strengthen," figuratively "confirm, corroborate," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + firmare "strengthen, make firm," from firmus "strong" (see firm (adj.)). Spelling refashioned 16c. in French and English on Latin model. Related: Affirmed; affirming.
雙語例句
- 1. Let's begin by a full - face enacted treatment with the Affirm using CAP technology.
- 以下我們將對使用具有CAP聚焦技術的Affirm治療整個面部的步驟逐一進行演示.
來自互聯網
- 2. This report is positively denied in official circles, who affirm that nothing of the kind occurred , but that the story is made out of whole cloth.
- 這篇報導為官方人士所斷然否認, 他們斷言根本沒有這回事, 其內容純屬捏造.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.
- 我所取得的一切似乎都證明那個觀點是對的。
來自辭典例句
- 4. We gave them the opportunity to express their feelings, to affirm themselves.
- 我們給了他們一個機會表達自己的感情, 他們可以借此挺一挺腰桿.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I can affirm that he is tenacious and pertinacious as are few.
- 我可以肯定,像他那樣不屈不撓、百折不回的人是十分罕見的.
來自辭典例句