confirm

英 [k?n'f??m] 美[k?n'f?m]
  • vt. 確認(rèn)；確定；證實(shí)；批準(zhǔn)；使鞏固

英英釋意

1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;
"his story confirmed my doubts"
"The evidence supports the defendant"
2. strengthen or make more firm;
"The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
3. make more firm;
"Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
4. as of a person to a position;
"The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
5. administer the rite of confirmation to;
"the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"