3VERB (通常指通过信件或电话)确定,确认(安排或预约) If you confirm an arrangement or appointment, you say that it is definite, usually in a letter or on the telephone. (通常指通过信件或电话)确定,确认(安排或预约)
You make the reservation, and I'll confirm it in writing. [VERB noun]
你来预订,我会去函确认。
confirmation
Travel arrangements are subject to confirmation by State Tourist Organisations.
旅行安排有待州旅游组织的确认。
4VERB [usually passive]为…施坚振礼(或坚信礼)(从而正式成为基督教会的成员) 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. 为…施坚振礼(或坚信礼)(从而正式成为基督教会的成员)
He was confirmed as a member of the Church of England. [beVERB-ed]
他领受了坚振礼,成为英国国教会的一员。
confirmation
...when I was being prepared for Confirmation.
在我为领受坚振礼做准备的时候
Flu prevented her from attending her daughter's confirmation.
流感使她没能参加女儿的坚振礼。
5VERB [no cont]使坚定,使确信(自己的决定、信仰或观点) If something confirms you in your decision, belief, or opinion, it makes you think that you are definitely right. 使坚定,使确信(自己的决定、信仰或观点)
It has confirmed me in my decision not to become a nun. [VERB noun + in]
这使我更加坚定了不做修女的决心。
6VERB 加强,巩固(地位、角色或权力) If someone confirms their position, role, or power, they do something to make their power, position, or role stronger or more definite. 加强,巩固(地位、角色或权力)
Williams has confirmed his position as the world's number one snooker player. [VERB noun]