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affirm

英 [ə'fɜːm] 美[ə'fɝm]
  • vt. 肯定;断言
  • vi. 确认;断言

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词态变化


第三人称单数: affirms;过去式: affirmed;过去分词: affirmed;现在分词: affirming;名词: affirmation;

中文词源


affirm 确认

前缀af-同ad-, 去,往。firm, 确认。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. Let's begin by a full - face enacted treatment with the Affirm using CAP technology.
以下我们将对使用具有CAP聚焦技术的Affirm治疗整个面部的步骤逐一进行演示.

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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.
这篇报导为官方人士所断然否认, 他们断言根本没有这回事, 其内容纯属捏造.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.
我所取得的一切似乎都证明那个观点是对的。

来自辞典例句

4. We gave them the opportunity to express their feelings, to affirm themselves.
我们给了他们一个机会表达自己的感情, 他们可以借此挺一挺腰杆.

来自辞典例句

5. I can affirm that he is tenacious and pertinacious as are few.
我可以肯定,像他那样不屈不挠、百折不回的人是十分罕见的.

来自辞典例句