confirmation
noun
uk/ˌkɒn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/confirmationnoun(CERTAIN)
B2[CorU]
astatement, often written, that anarrangementormeetingiscertain:
(常指书面的)确认,确定aletterof confirmation确认函
We've onlyreceivedfive confirmations for theconferencesofar.目前我们只收到5封参加会议的确认信。
We willsendyouwrittenconfirmationofouroffershortly.我们很快会给您寄去我们的报价确认函。
- Thank you foryourbooking. You willreceiveconfirmation in thepostwithin threeworkingdays.
- If you need any confirmation of mystory, just go andlookoutside.
- Thiskindofstoryshould never bepublishedwithoutofficialconfirmation.
- They havefoundabodybut, asyet, we do not have confirmation that it is themissinggirl.
- If I was in anydoubtabout who hadeatenthecake, Jack's chocolate-smearedfacewas enough confirmation!
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- intend
- planner
- provision
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- reckon onsomething
- settle
- sleeve
confirmationnoun(PROOF)
[U]
astatementorproofthat something istrue:
证实;肯定We are stillawaitingconfirmationoftheexactnumberofcasualties.我们仍在等待确切的伤亡人数得到证实。
Herconfessionwas nosurpriseto him - just the confirmationofa long-heldsuspicion.
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- intend
- planner
- provision
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- reckon onsomething
- settle
- sleeve
confirmationnoun(RELIGION)
[CorU]
aceremonyin which someone isconfirmedinto theChristianChurch
(基督教的)坚信礼Religious ceremonies & prayers
- alleluia
- amen
- anoint
- anointed
- anointment
- christening
- communicant
- communion
- confirm
- consecrate
- invocation
- litany
- liturgical
- liturgy
- ordain
- sacramental
- thanksgiving
- the last rites
- unction
- vespers