affirm

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you affirm that something is true or that something exists, you state firmly and publicly that it is true or exists. 公開肯定[正式]
The court affirmed that the information can be made public under the Freedom of Information Act. 法院公開肯定了此信息能依據(jù)《自由信息法案》公之于眾。
...a speech in which he affirmed a commitment to lower taxes. …在其中他公開肯定了減稅承諾的一次演講。
2. affirmationN-VAR 公開肯定
The North Atlantic Treaty begins with the affirmation that its parties "reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations."
《北大西洋公約》以公開肯定其成員“重申其對(duì)《聯(lián)合國(guó)憲章》的目的以及原則的信念”開頭。
3. V-T If an event affirms something, it shows that it is true or exists. 證實(shí)[正式]
Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion. 我所做成的每件事似乎都證實(shí)了那個(gè)觀點(diǎn)。
4. affirmationN-UNCOUNT 證實(shí)[also 'a' N]
The ruling was a welcome affirmation of the constitutional right to free speech. 此裁決是對(duì)言論自由這一憲法權(quán)利的受人歡迎的肯定。