affirm
- 英式英标[ə\'fɝm]
- 美式音标[ə\'fɜːm]
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.
实用例句
- 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.
来自互联网
- 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