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con·firm AHD[kən-fûrmʹ] D.J.[kənˈfɜːm]K.K.[kənˈfɝm]v.tr.（及物动词）con.firmed, con.firm.ing, con.firms - To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify.证实：支持或确认…的肯定性或有效性；确认
- To make firmer; strengthen:使更坚强；加强：The recent airplane crash confirms my belief that stronger safety regulations are needed.最近的坠机事件使我更坚信我们需要更健全的安全法规
- To make valid or binding by a formal or legal act; ratify.批准，认可：通过正式或法律的行为使有效或有约束力；认可
- To administer the religious rite of confirmation to.给…施坚信礼：主持对…坚信的宗教仪式
- Middle English confirmen 中古英语 confirmen
- from Old French confermer 源自 古法语 confermer
- from Latin cōnfirmāre 源自 拉丁语 cōnfirmāre
- com- [intensive pref.] * see com- com- [前缀，表加强词义] * 参见 com-
- firmāre [to strengthen] from firmus [strong] * see dher- firmāre [加强] 源自 firmus [强壮的] * 参见 dher-
confirm'abilʹity n.（名词）confirmʹable adj.（形容词）confirmʹato'ry AHD[-fûrʹmə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē] （形容词）confirmʹer n.（名词）confirm, corroborate, substantiate, authenticate, validate, verify- These verbs all mean to affirm the truth, accuracy, or genuineness of something.这些动词都表示确认事实、精确性或事件的真实性。
- Confirm generally implies removal of all doubt about something considered uncertain or tentative: Confirm 一般暗指消除所有不确定的试探性的疑惑： "We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them" (Claude Bernard). “我们不要用实验来验证我们的想法，只需操纵它们就行了” （克劳德·伯纳德）。
- Corroborate refers to strengthening or supporting something, such as a statement, by means of the evidence of another: Corroborate 指用另一个证据来加强或支持某事，例如通过引用别人的话来做证据： The witness is expected to corroborate the plaintiff's testimony. Tosubstantiate is to establish something by presenting substantial or tangible evidence: 希望证人能够确证原告的口供。 至于substantiate 是用实质性的可触摸到的事实来确定某事： "one of the most fully substantiated of historical facts" (James Harvey Robinson). “最真实可信的历史事实之一” （詹姆斯·哈维·鲁滨逊）。
- Authenticate implies the removal of doubt about the genuineness of something by the act of an authority or the testimony of an expert: Authenticate 暗示用权威的行为或专家的证词来消除对某事真实性的怀疑： The museum made the mistake of accepting the painting before it had been authenticated.博物馆在还未确认这幅画的真实性之前就错误地把它接受了。
- Validate usually implies formal action taken to give legal force to something ( Validate 一般指正式的赋予某物法律效力的行为( validate a deed of sale) but can also refer to establishing the validity of something, such as a theory, claim, or judgment ( 使销售行为合法化)， 但也可以指证实某事的真实性，如理论、声明或判断( The divorce validated my parents' original objection to the marriage). 我的离婚证明我父母当初反对这桩婚姻是正确的)。
- Verify implies proving by comparison with an original or with established fact: Verify 表示通过和原件或一已确定的事实比较而得到证实： The bank refused to cash the check until the signature was verified. 银行直到签字得到了确认才兑现了这张支票
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