• vt. 批準(zhǔn)；贊成；為…提供證據(jù)
• vi. 批準(zhǔn)；贊成；滿意

前綴ap-同ad-. prove, 證明。

approve

approve: [14] The Latin source of approve, approbāre, was a derivative of probāre, source of English prove. Probāre originally meant ‘test something to find if it is good’ (it was based on Latin probus ‘good’) and this became extended to ‘show something to be good or valid’. It was this sense that was taken up by approbāre and carried further to ‘a(chǎn)ssent to as good’. When English acquired the word, via Old French aprover, it still carried the notion of ‘demonstrating’, but this was gradually taken over exclusively by prove, and the senses ‘sanction’ and ‘commend’, present since the beginning, established their primacy.
=> probity, prove

approve (v.)

c. 1300, "to demonstrate, prove;" mid-14c., "to attest (something) with authority," from Old French aprover (Modern French approuver) "approve, agree to," from Latin approbare "to assent to as good, regard as good," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + probare "to try, test something (to find if it is good)," from probus "honest, genuine" (see prove).

The meaning extended late 14c. to "to sanction, endorse, confirm formally" then to "assent to (something) as good" (early 15c.), especially in reference to the actions of authorities, parliaments, etc. Related: Approved; approving.

1. The council is considering whether to approve of the use of firearms.

政務(wù)委員會(huì)正在考慮是否要批準(zhǔn)動(dòng)用武器。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Her parents did not approve of her decision.

父母不贊成她的決定。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. I didn't approve of his manner.

我不喜歡他的態(tài)度。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. I told my mother I wanted to leave school but she didn't approve.

我告訴母親我不想繼續(xù)上學(xué)，但是母親不同意。

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

5. Can we deduce from your silence that you do not approve?

你保持沉默，我們是否可以據(jù)此而推斷出你不贊成？

來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》