confirm的过去式是什么

1. 确认，证实，证明，确定，肯定
2. 批准，认可
3. 加强
4. 坚定，坚强
5. 使更坚固，使巩固
6. 【律】使有效
7. 【宗】给...行按手礼，给...施坚信礼
8. 坚持认为
9. 使感觉更强烈
10. 使确信
11. 施放坚振
12. 进一步确认，再次确定

1. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

   "his story confirmed my doubts"
   "The evidence supports the defendant"
   

2. strengthen or make more firm;

   "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"
   

3. make more firm;

   "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"
   

4. support a person for a position;

   "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"
   

5. administer the rite of confirmation to;

   "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"
   

1.证实，证明(情况属实)
If somethingconfirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.

e.g. X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones...
X光片证实他没有骨折。
e.g. These new statisticsconfirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession...
这些新的统计数据证实经济衰退已经严重到我们最为担忧的境地。

2.（某人）证实，肯定，确认
If youconfirm something that has been stated or suggested, you say that it is true because you know about it.

e.g. The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands...
这位发言人证实该地区现已落入叛乱分子手中。
e.g. He confirmed what had long been feared...
他证实了人们长期以来的担心。

3.(通常指通过信件或电话)确定，确认(安排或预约)
If youconfirm an arrangement or appointment, you say that it is definite, usually in a letter or on the telephone.

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e.g. You make the reservation, and I'llconfirm it in writing.
你来预订，我会去函确认。

4.为…施坚振礼（或坚信礼）(从而正式成为教会的成员)
If someoneis confirmed, they are formally accepted as a member of a Christian church during a ceremony in which they say they believe what the church teaches.

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e.g. He was confirmed as a member of the Church of England.
他领受了坚振礼，成为英国国教会的一员。

5.使坚定，使确信(自己的决定、信仰或观点)
If somethingconfirms youin your decision, belief, or opinion, it makes you think that you are definitely right.

e.g. It has confirmed me in my decision not to become a nun.
这使我更加坚定了不做修女的决心。

6.加强，巩固(地位、角色或权力)
If someoneconfirms their position, role, or power, they do something to make their power, position, or role stronger or more definite.

e.g. Williams has confirmed his position as the world's number one snooker player.
威廉姆斯巩固了自己世界头号克选手的地位。

7.巩固，确保(某人的名声、角色或地位)
If somethingconfirms youas something, it shows that you definitely deserve a name, role, or position.

e.g. His new role couldconfirm him as one of our leading actors.
他的新角色会确保他跻身我们的一流演员之列。

confirm in (v.+prep.)

坚定某人的信念 strengthen sb in sth such a belief or habit

• His alliance will confirm our peace.

  出自：1 Henry VI,Shakespeare

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的confirmare：com (表强调） + firmare (加强），意为进一步加强。