confirmation
英 [kɒnfə'meɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,kɑnfɚ'meʃən]
- n. 确认；证实；证明；批准
英英释意
- 1. additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;
- "fossils provided further confirmation of the evolutionary theory"
- 2. information that confirms or verifies
- 3. making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;
- "the ratification of the treaty"
- "confirmation of the appointment"
- 4. a ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism
- 5. a sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church