vt.& vi. 贊成,同意;
vt. 批準;認可;核準;為…提供證據;
vi. 贊同;稱許;稱贊;滿意、喜歡(of);
?? ap一再+prove測試,證明→證明可行→贊成;承認
"I told my mother I wanted to leave school but she didn't approve."
我告訴母親我不想繼續上學,但是母親不同意。
近義:approbate, ok, okay, pass, sanction, confirm
反義:mislike, reject, remonstrate, reprove, censure, condemn
n. 母親,媽媽;女修道院院長;大娘;
vt. 像母親般地照顧;養育;溺愛;
?? 莫(mo)非這個(the)人(r)是 媽媽?
"The baby had been abandoned by its mother."
這個嬰兒被母親遺棄了。
近義:mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum
反義:child, descendant, girl
n. 吸煙,抽煙;
v. 冒煙( smoke的現在分詞);抽煙;用煙熏制;吸(煙);
"Smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases."
抽煙是引起幾種嚴重疾病的病因。
近義:nicotinism, aspersion, fumigation, smoggy, smoky, fuming