| 释义 |
con·firmed
\-md\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English confermed chronic, inveterate, from past participle of confermen to confirm
: made firm or established (as by stengthening, accustoming, or settling by long continuance, habitual usage, or determined or expressed preference):
a. : made resolute : encouraged, fortified
< southern zealots confirmed by early successes at Bull Run >
b. : given to habit so long-continued or to a way of acting or thinking so resolutely adhered to that change is unlikely
< confirmed pedestrians like my father and me — George Santayana >
c. : marked by long continuance : deeply ingrained : constantly practiced
< like all other confirmed habits … easier to obey than to break — Ellen Glasgow >
d. : having received the rite of confirmation
Synonyms: see inveterate |