approve

vt.
1. prove,attest,bear out 证明。
△Ado.4.1.306(301):“Is he not approved in the height(= highestdegree) a villain...”他不是已经被充分证明是一个坏人吗？
△Mid. 2.2.68: “On whose eyes I might approve/This flower's force in stirring love.”在他的眼上得到证明，这花汁能激发爱情。
△Gent.5.4.43:“still approved”.i.e. ever attested by experience. 不断为经验所证明。
△1H.VI.5.5.68: “Her peerless feature,joined withher birth,/ Approves her fit for none but for a king；”她那无比的风姿，与她的出身结合起来，证明她正适合与一位国王相配。
△Oth.2.3.65 (62):“If consequence do but ap-prove my dream，”只要结局证实了我的梦想。
△Oth.2.3.319 (312):“I have well approved it. sir.I drunk!”我已经证明过了，先生，我不是醉了吗？
△2H.IV.1.2.182(158):“if I did say of wax,my growth (= waxing) wouldapprove the truth.”如果我说是蜂蜡(双关：变得)，我现在变得这么胖也证明此言不假。
approved in: proved guilty of被证明犯有…（的罪行）。
△2H.VI.3.2.21:“Than from true evidence of goodesteem/He be approved in practice culpable.”除非有值得相信的真凭实据，可以证明他犯有应受惩处的罪行。
2. confirm,corroborate证实，确证。
△Ham.1.1.29:“He may approve our eyes and speak to it.” i.e.Hemay confirm what we have seen and speak to theghost. 他可以证实我们的眼睛没有看错，并且可以跟它谈谈。
△Lr.1.1.187 (184): “And your large speeches mayyour deeds approve，”愿你们能用自己的行动来证实你们夸大的言词。
△Lr.2.4.186 (183): “This approves herletter,/That she would soon be here.”这证实了她的来信说的，她马上就要来了。
△H.VIII.2.3.74: “I shall notfail to approve the fair conceit /The king hath ofyou.”我一定要在国王面前巩固他对你的好感。
3. bear witness,demonstrate作证，表明…
△Mac.1. 6.3: “This guest of summer,/ The temple-hauntingmartlet,does approve,/ By his loved mansionry，”i.e. The martlet proves by the fact that it has chosenthis as a favourite site for his nests.夏天的客人，那爱寄身于庙宇的燕子，既喜欢在此筑巢，足可以表明…
△2H.IV.1.2.217(190):“To approve my youth further,I will not.”再进一步显示我的年青，我不愿意。
4. justify,ratify证明…为正当，认可。
△Oth.4.3.52(51): “Let nobody blame him,his scorn I approve—”谁也不要怪罪他，他的傲慢我该承当。
△Mer. 3.2.79: “ap-prove it with a text，”用《圣经》的字句为之辩解。
5. assent to,believe,accept,endorse赞成，相信，接受，赞同。
△Tw.4.2.60 (55): “I think nobly of the soul,and no way approve his opinion.”我把灵魂看得很高贵，绝不赞成他的意见。
△Oth.1.3.10(11): “But the mainarticle I do approve / In fearful sense.”但是我相信主要的一点应该引起我们的戒惧。
6. be pleased with,sanction,commend对…中意，赞许，嘉奖。
△Oth.4.3.19:“My love doth so approve him，”我既然如此爱他。
7. test,try考验，试验。
△1H.IV.4.1.9:“Nay,task meto my word,approve me,lord.”不，你尽可要求我证实我的话，考验我这个人，伯爵。
△Shr.1.2.3: “approvedfriend”i.e.friend tried and true. 经过考验的朋友。
8. honour,commend,admire尊敬，嘉奖，钦佩。
△Oth.2.1.43: “Thanks,you the valiant of this warlikeisle,/That so approve the Moor.”多谢，你们各位英勇海岛上的勇士，你们如此称赞那摩尔人。
△Ham.5.2.141(134): “if you did,it would not much approve me.”i.e. It would not be much to my credit. 即使你知道，对我也增加不了什么光彩。

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