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approvingly

/uh-proov/US // əˈpruv //UK // (əˈpruːv) //

认可地,赞成地,认可地表示,欣然

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v.有主动词 verb
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    ap·proved, ap·prov·ing.

    • : to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
    • : to consent or agree to: Father approved our plan to visit Chicago.
    • : to confirm or sanction formally; ratify: The Senate promptly approved the bill.
    • : Obsolete. to demonstrate; show.to make good; attest.to prove by trial.to convict.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ap·proved, ap·prov·ing.

    • : to speak or consider favorably: Mother didn't approve of him. The boss wouldn't approve of the plan. He said that he approved.

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Examples

  • While players are not allowed to socialize in each other’s hotel rooms, they are still allowed to mingle in team-approved social lounges.

  • It could also be argued that the municipal code language, approved in 1974, sets a more subjective standard of what constitutes a violation during an emergency.

  • Some vaccines that have been approved, like the one for measles, have an immune correlate of protection identified, while others don’t.

  • The Senate unanimously approved the legislation on Wednesday, and the House is expected to move quickly on the measure as well.

  • He said the committee voted to approve and present the name Capital Stonewall Democrats, a “name that is both reflective of who we are as an organization and is also indicative of the community we serve,” Frazier told the Blade.

  • What they say is, ‘We don’t approve of violence, but you know what?

  • The problem was that the FDA refused to approve any new ingredients for use in sunscreen, year after year.

  • Ramone, who turned to religion while trying to kick drugs, would probably approve (and laugh a little, too).

  • “The Commission did not instruct Mr. Wright to approve inaccurate wellbore completion reports,” according to the letter.

  • When obeyed uncritically, it produces sentences like this: The board voted immediately to approve the casino.

  • I have shown your account of your thrashing by steam, and Sir John Sinclair and Mr. —— very highly approve it.

  • I don't approve of women giving such broad hints to us men folk.

  • Those who approve of their polity countenance what is hostile to his government, and thus act as his enemies.

  • In reference to this, as well as to any other matter inculcated upon them, their consciences will either approve or condemn them.

  • She was a very nice girl; I wonder whether nurse would approve of her.