affirm
发音
英 [əˈfɜːm]
美 [ əˈfɜːrm]
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- vt.& vi.
- 断言,肯定
- 证实,确实
- [法]不经宣誓而庄严宣布
- 承认
单词词源
affirm 确认
前缀af-同ad-, 去,往。firm, 确认。
双语例句
- 1. You must allow your spouse to either affirm or correct what you 've said .
- 你必须允许配偶或者肯定或者更正你所说的话。
- 2. We affirm the promise of our democracy .
- 我们都在确认美国民主制度的承诺。
- 3. But locals affirm that ethiopian as well as somali troops forced an islamist retreat from the hilltop town .
- 当地人证实,是埃塞俄比亚以及索马里部队迫使伊斯兰武装从这个山顶小城撤离。
- 4. Thus , we do not have adequate arguments to affirm the reality of this objectivity which we use to be so proud of .
- 因此,我们没有足够的证据断言客观现实的真实性,尽管这一点曾经令我们如此骄傲。
- 5. This week , america signed an agreement with the world health organization to affirm our commitment to meet this challenge .
- 本周,美国同世界卫生组织签订了一项协议,申明我们应对这一挑战时的承诺。