| 单词 | affirm |
| 释义 | affirm (once / 332 pages) v To affirm something is to give it a big "YES" or to confirm that it is true. The verb affirm means to answer positively, but it has a more weighty meaning in legal circles. People are asked to swear an oath or affirm that they will tell the truth in a court of law. Lawyers may ask people to affirm facts, and judges may affirm rulings. In these cases, affirm means to verify or attest to the validity of something. WORD FAMILYaffirm: affirmable, affirmation, affirmative, affirmatory, affirmer, affirming, affirms, reaffirm+/affirmation: affirmations, disaffirmation/affirmative: affirmatively, affirmativeness, affirmatives/affirmer: affirmers/reaffirm: reaffirmation, reaffirmed, reaffirming, reaffirms/reaffirmation: reaffirmations USAGE EXAMPLESThe Arizona Court of Appeals released the ruling on Tuesday affirming the lower court’s decision to dismiss the suit. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) This event was an affirming celebration of that tradition, as well as a profound statement of our larger communality. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) This language effectively defines Israel’s borders, even while superficially affirming direct talks. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) 1v declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true Syn|Hypo|Hyper assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify hold assert or affirm claim, takelay claim to; as of an idea attestauthenticate, affirm to be true, genuine, or correct, as in an official capacity declarestate firmly protestaffirm or avow formally or solemnly assure, tellinform positively and with certainty and confidence declare state emphatically and authoritatively 2v say yes to Hypo claim assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing reaffirmaffirm once again confirm, reassertstrengthen or make more firm defend, maintainstate or assert pretend, professstate insincerely contend, postulatemaintain or assert make outtry to establish purporthave the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming professpractice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about chargemake an accusatory claim maintain, upholdsupport against an opponent justify, warrantshow to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for vindicatemaintain, uphold, or defend verifyattach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) corroborate, validategive evidence for reconfirmconfirm again 3v establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts Syn|Ant|Hypo confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain contradict, negate prove negative; show to be false back, back up establish as valid or genuine vouchgive supporting evidence verifyconfirm the truth of demonstrate, establish, prove, shew, showestablish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment documentsupport or supply with references validateprove valid; show or confirm the validity of something check, check off, mark, mark off, tick, tick offput a check mark on or near or next to ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to itbe careful or certain to do something; make certain of something checkverify by consulting a source or authority prove oneselfshow one's ability or courage proveprove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof sourcespecify the origin of contradict, negateprove negative; show to be false stultifyprove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence |
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