confirmation

confirmation
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the action of confirming something or the state of being confirmed
    证实;确定;确认;批准
    the greens took it as confirmation that industrial society is not sustainable.
    绿党人士认为这证实了工业社会是不可能持续存在的。
  2. (in the Christian Church) the rite at which a baptized person, especially one baptized as an infant, affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the Church
    (基督教)坚信礼,坚振礼
    ■the Jewish ceremony of bar mitzvah
    犹太男孩成人仪式
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from Latin confirmatio(n-), from confirmare 'make firm, establish' (see confirm)
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