(1)批准，审定(agree to or confirm formally)[T+n]：(Congress/the Council/the Senate)～the budget/the scheme/the bill(国会/市议会/参议院)批准了那预算/计划/议案;(firm's directors)～the plan/the new deal/the company's accounts(公司的董事们)批准了那个计划/批准那笔新的买卖/审定了公司的账目;〖同〗confirm， pass;〖反〗disapprove，reject;

(2)赞许(成)，认可(speak or think of favourably;consider right or good)[I，I+prep(of)]：You've bought a new house? I～.你买了一座新房子?很好。Her father quite～d of her fiancé/her boy friend/her marriage/her marrying the young man.她父亲认可了她的未婚夫/她的男朋友/她的婚姻/她嫁给那小伙子。～of sb's proposition/sb's decision/sb's picture赞许某人的提议/决定/画;～cousins marrying赞成表亲通婚;〖同〗appreciate，like，accept;permit，allow;〖反〗disapprove，dislike;disallow，reject;

→ ap′proving adj 赞许的;ap′provingly adv赞许地;ap′proval n 批准，审定;赞许(成);͵disap′prove v 不赞成;͵disap′proving adj 不赞许的;͵disap′provingly adv 不赞许地;͵disap′proval n 不赞成