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confirm3 verb His guilty expression confirmed my suspicions. 他内疚的表情证实了我的猜疑。Can you confirm what happened? 你能为发生的事作证吗？The walk in the mountains confirmed his fear of heights. 在山里步行使他确信自己有恐高症。confirm ♦︎ settle ♦︎ decide ♦︎ clinchThese words all mean to make sb feel or believe sth even more strongly, or make a final decision about sth. 这些词均表示使更加相信、使确信或最终确定。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to confirm / settle / clinch an argument◆to finally confirm / settle / decide / clinch sth◆That settles / clinches it.■ confirm [transitive] to make sb feel or believe sth even more strongly 使感觉更强烈；使确信◆The walk in the mountains confirmed his fear of heights.在山里步行使他确信自己有恐高症。◆Both teams played badly, which confirms the impression left by earlier games.两支球队都发挥得不好，印证了前几场比赛给人的印象。■ settle [transitive, often passive] to make a final decision about sth （最终）决定，确定，安排好◆Good, that's settled, then.好，那就这么定了。◆ (spoken) Bob will be there? That settles it. I'm not coming.鲍勃会去那儿？那好，我就不去了。■ decide [transitive] to be the reason why sb does sth 成为（某人做某事）的决定因素◆They offered me free accommodation for a year, and that decided me.他们愿意免费提供我一年的食宿，这就使我下定了决心。◆That decided it for me: I wasn't carrying my bike back up those stairs.这让我作出了决定：我才不会把自行车搬上那些楼梯。■ clinch [transitive] (rather informal) to provide the answer to sth; to settle sth that was not certain 搞定；解决；确定◆'I'll pay your air fare.' 'Okay, that clinches it－I'll come with you.'“我会帮你付机票。”“好，就这么说定了－我跟你一起去。” |