喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/kənˈfɜːrmd/ · /kənˈfɜːmd/堅定的 / 鐵定的

    Used to describe someone who is firmly settled in a way of life and very unlikely to change it.

    Used to describe用來描述 someone某人 who is firmly settled已經堅定地習慣 in a way of life一種生活方式 and而且 very unlikely很不可能 to change it改變它。

    示範例句 · Example

    My uncle is a confirmed bachelor and says he will never get married.

    逐字我叔叔是個鐵定的單身漢，他說他永遠不會結婚。

    這個 confirmed 是放在名詞前的形容詞，描述一個人「已經打定主意、不會再改」的生活方式，例如 a confirmed bachelor（鐵定不婚的人）、a confirmed vegetarian（堅定的素食者）。可以想成「這個身分已經蓋章確認、定下來了」。語氣中性、有點輕鬆，不是批評。

    常見搭配

    • a confirmed bachelor

      鐵定不婚的男人

      a man who has decided he will never marry

      At forty, he was a confirmed bachelor who loved living alone.

    • a confirmed vegetarian

      堅定的素食者

      someone firmly committed to not eating meat

      She became a confirmed vegetarian after visiting a farm.

    意思相反

    uncertainwaveringoccasional

core核心畫面

You can picture confirmed (of a person) as someone whose way of life has been 'made firm' — set hard like dried cement. Their habit is so settled it's not going to shift.

可以想成 confirmed 用在人身上時，是一個人的生活方式已經被「固定住、定型了」——像水泥乾掉一樣硬。那個習慣穩到幾乎不可能再變。

同家族的字

意思相反

uncertainwaveringoccasional

原始詞典資料4 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。

confirmedadj/kənˈfɜːmd/

  • 1

    formalHaving a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.

    • a confirmed liar
    • a confirmed opium-smoker
  • 2

    Verified or ratified.

    • a confirmed treaty
  • 3

    ChristianityHaving received the rite of confirmation.

    • a confirmed Catholic

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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