approve

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #4536 ★★★★☆

vt. 赞同, 核准, 为...提供证据 vi. 赞许

发音

US /əˈpɹuːv/
UK /əˈpɹuːv/

词形变化

approves 三单 approving 现在分词 approved 过去式 approved 过去分词 approvest approvedst 过去式 approveth 三单 approved 复数 approven 过去式 approven 过去分词

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

    批准

    赞成

    及物

    Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.

  2. 2.

    To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

    及物

    We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.

  3. 3.

    To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

    古体 及物

    1812–1818, Lord Byron, Child Harolde's Piligrimage 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.

  4. 4.

    To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.

    不及物

    Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.

  5. 5.

    To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

    赞成

    古体 及物
  6. 1.

    To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.

    及物 法律

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

okay sanction

反义词 1

disapprove

上位词 7

clear pass judge evaluate authorize authorise pass judgment

下位词 10

back support confirm visa endorse sanction sanctify rubber stamp greenlight indorse

相关短语

I approve this message

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der. Proto-Italic *proβwos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *proβwāō Latin probō Latin approbōder. Old French aproverbor. Middle English aproven English approve From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Doublet of approbate. By surface analysis, ad- + prove.

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