• vt. 肯定；斷言
• vi. 確認；斷言

前綴af-同ad-, 去，往。firm, 確認。

affirm (v.)

c. 1300, from Old French afermier (Modern French affirmer) "affirm, confirm; strengthen, consolidate," from Latin affirmare "to make steady, strengthen," figuratively "confirm, corroborate," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + firmare "strengthen, make firm," from firmus "strong" (see firm (adj.)). Spelling refashioned 16c. in French and English on Latin model. Related: Affirmed; affirming.

1. Let's begin by a full - face enacted treatment with the Affirm using CAP technology.

以下我們將對使用具有CAP聚焦技術(shù)的Affirm治療整個面部的步驟逐一進行演示.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

2. This report is positively denied in official circles, who affirm that nothing of the kind occurred , but that the story is made out of whole cloth.

這篇報導(dǎo)為官方人士所斷然否認, 他們斷言根本沒有這回事, 其內(nèi)容純屬捏造.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.

我所取得的一切似乎都證明那個觀點是對的。

來自辭典例句

4. We gave them the opportunity to express their feelings, to affirm themselves.

我們給了他們一個機會表達自己的感情, 他們可以借此挺一挺腰桿.

來自辭典例句

5. I can affirm that he is tenacious and pertinacious as are few.

我可以肯定,像他那樣不屈不撓、百折不回的人是十分罕見的.

來自辭典例句