首页英语词典confirmconfirm英英释意

confirm

英[kən'fɜːm] 美[kən'fɝm]
  • vt. 确认;确定;证实;批准;使巩固

英英释意


1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;
"his story confirmed my doubts"
"The evidence supports the defendant"
2. strengthen or make more firm;
"The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
3. make more firm;
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
4. as of a person to a position;
"The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
5. administer the rite of confirmation to;
"the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"