| 单词 | approve |
| 释义 | approve (once / 77 pages) v When you take your new love to meet your parents, you hope that they approve of your choice in partners, but when your date starts eating with his hands at dinner, chances are pretty slim. Approve was first used like to mean "prove" or "show"––think, "The proof is in the pudding." Now, approve means to officially agree. You might need the principal to sign off on, or approve, any purchase of new materials for the classroom. Congress can also approve a bill or budget in this way. It’s important to remember that, like apple and appropriate, approve is spelled with a double “p.” WORD FAMILYapprove: approbative, approbatory, approval, approved, approver, approves, approving, disapprove+/approbative: approbatively/approval: approvals/approver: approvers/approving: approvingly/disapproval: disapprovals/disapprove: disapproval, disapproved, disapproves, disapproving/disapproving: disapprovingly USAGE EXAMPLESThose numbers fall well short of the goals in the city’s ambitious climate action plan, which was approved a year ago. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Goldmark also last month approved expanding nearby Devil’s Lake Conservation Area from 80 acres to 495 acres. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Federal officials said last week that the Valles Caldera National Preserve would become the 17th U.S. park unit with designated thermal features if approved. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v judge to be right or commendable; think well of Ant|Hypo|Hyper disapprove consider bad or wrong rubberstamp approve automatically evaluate, judge, pass judgment form a critical opinion of 2v give sanction to I approve of his educational policies Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper O.K., okay, sanction disapprove, reject deem wrong or inappropriate sanction give religious sanction to, such as through on oath visaapprove officially back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, supportbe behind; approve of confirmsupport a person for a position guarantee, warrantstand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of champion, defendprotect or fight for as a champion authorise, authorize, clear, pass grant authorization or clearance for |
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