Picture a hand coming down on a document with a stamp: this passes. Two things are in that moment — the power to let it through, and the judgement that it is good. English splits them by grammar: approve something (you had the authority) versus approve of something (you simply think well of it).
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
approveverb詞源 1/əˈpɹuːv/
- 1
To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
- Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
- It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
- 2
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
- We approve the measure of the administration, for it is an excellent decision.
- 3
archaicTo make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
- He had long burned with impatience to approve his valour.
- 1812–1818, Lord Byron, Child Harolde's Piligrimage 'T is an old lesson; Time approves it true.
- 4
To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
- Her mother never approves of any of her boyfriends. She thinks nobody is good enough for her little girl.
- Their address was in the most dutiful manner, approving of what her majesty had done toward a peace, and dissolve her parliament
- 5
archaicTo show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
- The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.
approveverb詞源 2/əˈpɹuːv/
- 1
lawTo make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。