| 单词 | approve |
| 释义 | ap·prove I. transitive verb 1. a. obsolete b. archaic c. obsolete < approved in this offense — Shakespeare > 2. obsolete a. b. 3. archaic a. < the first care and concern must be to approve himself to God — John Rogers > b. < his behavior under fire approved him a man of courage > 4. < a friend, whom he liked, but whose conduct he could not approve — Osbert Sitwell > < Jane secretly approved his discernment — Rose Macaulay > 5. a. < the governor approved the project > < one of the first hospitals in the state to be approved by the organization > b. < the legislature approved the bill > intransitive verb < she wants to teach him not to fight; she doesn't approve of fighting — Margaret Mead > Synonyms: < fools admire, but men of wits approve — Joseph Furphey > < the discomfiture … of doing, as he must, what he did not fully approve — J.G.Cozzens > sanction adds to approve notions of permission, countenancing, authorization, encouragement by something or someone in an authoritative position < the court has also sanctioned recently some federal efforts to protect Negroes in the South from violence — Alan Barth > < “Come! Give me your authority … For his daughter's sake …” “In her name, then, let it be done; I sanction it” — Charles Dickens > endorse or indorse (see note at endorse) suggests vouching for, supporting, or explicitly expressing approval of and is often used in reference to things needing promotion or publicity < the Kentucky Republicans endorsed him for the presidential nomination — E.M.Coulter > < the view that increasing money wages is the only road to permanent prosperity has in recent years been endorsed by many business leaders — Fortune > accredit is likely to indicate an approved status confirmed by some authoritative force or conformity to a standard officially vouched for < few of us think of turning to the dictionary before writing a sentence to see if all the words we propose to use are properly accredited in the language — M.M.Mathews > < institutions not accredited by a regional association — Bulletin of Bates College > certify is often a close synonym for accredit; it may stress a formal act of writing or attesting to conformity with a standard or to being as represented < labels by which brain merit is advertised and certified — medals, honors, degrees — Virginia Woolf > < the nearly two billion that these utilities have had certified for rapid tax write-off — New Republic > II. |
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