
affirm基本信息
读法:英 [ə"fɜːm] 美 [ə"fɝm]
释义:
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星级词汇:★★★
英英释义
Verb:
"The evidence supports the defendant"
中英词源
affirm 确认
前缀af-同ad-, 去,往。firm, 确认。
- 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.
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;
权威造句
- 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
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些动词均含有“断言,声称”之意。assert主观意味强,指自认为某事就是如此,而不管事实如何。
affirm侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。
allege多指无真凭实据,不提供证据的断言或宣称。
maintain与assert近义,但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。
testify多指在法庭作证,庄严地宣称自己所说属实。
claim可与assert换用,但语气弱一些,侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。
记忆方法
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