3VERB (通常指通過信件或電話)確定,確認(安排或預約) If you confirm an arrangement or appointment, you say that it is definite, usually in a letter or on the telephone. (通常指通過信件或電話)確定,確認(安排或預約)
You make the reservation, and I'll confirm it in writing. [VERB noun]
你來預訂,我會去函確認。
confirmation
Travel arrangements are subject to confirmation by State Tourist Organisations.
旅行安排有待州旅遊組織的確認。
4VERB [usually passive]爲…施堅振禮(或堅信禮)(從而正式成爲基督教會的成員) If someone is confirmed, they are formally accepted as a member of a Christian church during a ceremony in which they say they believe what the church teaches. 爲…施堅振禮(或堅信禮)(從而正式成爲基督教會的成員)
He was confirmed as a member of the Church of England. [beVERB-ed]
他領受了堅振禮,成爲英國國教會的一員。
confirmation
...when I was being prepared for Confirmation.
在我爲領受堅振禮做準備的時候
Flu prevented her from attending her daughter's confirmation.
流感使她沒能參加女兒的堅振禮。
5VERB [no cont]使堅定,使確信(自己的決定、信仰或觀點) If something confirms you in your decision, belief, or opinion, it makes you think that you are definitely right. 使堅定,使確信(自己的決定、信仰或觀點)
It has confirmed me in my decision not to become a nun. [VERB noun + in]
這使我更加堅定了不做修女的決心。
6VERB 加強,鞏固(地位、角色或權力) If someone confirms their position, role, or power, they do something to make their power, position, or role stronger or more definite. 加強,鞏固(地位、角色或權力)
Williams has confirmed his position as the world's number one snooker player. [VERB noun]