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"