confirm 的用法和发音

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confirm

/kənˈfɜːrm/
动词 常用词

基本释义:确认;证实;批准

词源:源自拉丁语"confirmare",意为"加强,确认"

📚 核心含义

确认信息

证实某事的真实性或准确性

Please confirm your flight details.
确认您的航班信息。
日常用语

批准

正式认可或同意

The committee confirmed his appointment.
委员会批准了他的任命。
正式用语

使确信

使某人更加确定

This evidence confirmed my suspicions.
这个证据证实了我的怀疑。
心理状态

"confirm"是高频使用词汇,在日常交流、商务邮件和正式文件中都很常见,掌握其多种用法对英语学习非常重要。

🔄 用法对比

英语例句

Please confirm your attendance by Friday.

The test results confirmed the diagnosis.

She was confirmed as the new CEO.

中文翻译

请在周五前确认您是否出席。

检测结果证实了诊断。

她被正式任命为新任CEO。

🔊 发音指南

英式发音

/kənˈfɜːm/

肯-弗姆(重读"弗")

美式发音

/kənˈfɝːm/

肯-弗姆(重读"弗")

发音要点:

常见发音错误

  • 读成"康-菲姆"(应为/kənˈfɜːrm/)
  • 重音放在第一个音节
  • "firm"部分发音不清晰

🎯 常见搭配

confirm + 名词

确认具体事项

confirm the reservation
确认预订
日常用语

confirm + that从句

证实某事

confirm that the payment was received
确认已收到付款
正式用语

be confirmed

被确认/批准

The meeting is confirmed
会议已确认
被动用法

语法注意

原形: confirm
过去式: confirmed
现在分词: confirming

⚠️ 易混淆点

不要混淆:

I need to conform my flight details. (错误)

正确:I need to confirm my flight details.

Please confirm to attend the meeting. (错误)

正确:Please confirm your attendance at the meeting.

✍️ 随堂练习

翻译练习

1. Please confirm your email address.
2. The test confirmed that she was pregnant.
3. His promotion was confirmed yesterday.

1. 请确认您的电子邮箱地址。

2. 检测证实她怀孕了。

3. 他的升职昨天被正式批准了。

发音练习

跟读以下句子:

• Please confirm your order. [kənˈfɜːrm]
• The results confirmed our theory. [kənˈfɜːrmd]
• I'm waiting for confirmation. [ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃən]

改错练习

找出并改正错误:

1. Please conform your attendance.
2. 读作['kɒnfəm]
3. The news were confirmed.

1. Please confirm your attendance.

2. 读作[kənˈfɜːrm](重音在第二音节)

3. The news was confirmed.