一、詳細(xì)釋義：


v.

斷言，肯定，申明，堅(jiān)持聲稱(chēng) [I,T]


例句：

I can affirm that he is tenacious and pertinacious as are few

我可以肯定，像他那樣不屈不撓、百折不回的人是十分罕見(jiàn)的。


例句：

In the appraisal of our work, it is one-sided to affirm everything or to negate everything.

對(duì)于我們的工作的看法，肯定一切或者否定一切，都是片面性的。


證實(shí)，確認(rèn)，確實(shí) [I,T]


例句：

Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.

我所取得的一切似乎都證明那個(gè)觀點(diǎn)是對(duì)的。


例句：

The ministry affirmed that the visit had been postponed.

部里證實(shí)訪(fǎng)問(wèn)已延期。


二、詞義辨析：


assert,affirm,allege,maintain,testify,claim

這些動(dòng)詞均含有“斷言，聲稱(chēng)”之意。 assert主觀意味強(qiáng)，指自認(rèn)為某事就是如此，而不管事實(shí)如何。 affirm側(cè)重在作出斷言時(shí)表現(xiàn)出的堅(jiān)定與不可動(dòng)搖的態(tài)度。 allege多指無(wú)真憑實(shí)據(jù)，不提供證據(jù)的斷言或宣稱(chēng)。 maintain與assert近義，但前者指堅(jiān)決維護(hù)某種主張或觀點(diǎn)。 testify多指在法庭作證，莊嚴(yán)地宣稱(chēng)自己所說(shuō)屬實(shí)。 claim可與assert換用，但語(yǔ)氣弱一些，側(cè)重指行為自己的權(quán)利提出要求他人承認(rèn)。


三、參考例句：


Please affirm with Mr. Li again about the deadline.

請(qǐng)與李先生再次確認(rèn)截止時(shí)間。


I affirm that what he said is true.

我斷言他所說(shuō)的是實(shí)情。


Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.

我所取得的一切似乎都證明那個(gè)觀點(diǎn)是對(duì)的。


Scientists cannot affirm the existence of life on other planets.

科學(xué)家們還不能斷言在其它星球上有生命存在。


They will only affirm whether such weapons were used.

他們只將確定是否使用了這種武器。


In the appraisal of our work, it is one-sided to affirm everything or to negate everything.

對(duì)于我們的工作的看法，肯定一切或者否定一切，都是片面性的。


I am not in a position either to contradict or affirm this statement.

我既不能否定這一說(shuō)法，又不能肯定這一說(shuō)法。


I can affirm that he is tenacious and pertinacious as are few

我可以肯定，像他那樣不屈不撓、百折不回的人是十分罕見(jiàn)的。


We may go further, and affirm most truly that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends.

我們不妨更進(jìn)一步并且很真實(shí)地?cái)嘌哉f(shuō)，缺乏真正的朋友乃是純粹可憐的孤獨(dú)。


But as Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General, has said again and again, the UN investigation will not affirm who used these chemical weapons.

但正如潘基文秘書(shū)長(zhǎng)反復(fù)說(shuō)明的那樣，聯(lián)合國(guó)的調(diào)查將不是確定誰(shuí)使用了這些化學(xué)武器。