| 单词 | reconfirm |
| 释义 | reconfirm (once / 69119 pages) v If you certify that something is correct again, you reconfirm it. Watching your favorite movie for the seventh or eighth time will either reconfirm your admiration for it or start to bore you a little. When an experience reconfirms an idea you've already held for a while, it provides extra evidence and support for that view. For example, your grandfather might say, "I was already convinced that kids today are much more rude than they used to be, but watching that boy text at the dinner table just reconfirms it." Reconfirm adds the "again" prefix re- to confirm, from the Latin confirmare, "make firm" or "strengthen." WORD FAMILYreconfirm: reconfirmed, reconfirming, reconfirms+/confirm: confirmable, confirmation, confirmative, confirmatory, confirmed, confirming, confirms, reconfirm/confirmation: confirmations/confirmative: confirmatively/confirmed: confirmedly, unconfirmed/confirming: confirmingest, confirmingly, disconfirming USAGE EXAMPLESAbe called the visit “an opportunity for reconciliation between the U.S. and Japan” and a chance to “reconfirm” the security alliance between the two countries. The New Yorker(Dec 09, 2016) But Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel will be forced to leave the FCC if she is not reconfirmed by the end of the month. Reuters(Dec 07, 2016) That agreement, between the city, Seattle, Bellevue, King County and the state, was reconfirmed by the Governor’s Office in 2006. Seattle Times(Nov 18, 2016) v confirm again You must reconfirm your flight reservations Hyper confirm, reassert strengthen or make more firm |
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