1.confirm的基本意思是“證實(shí)”“確定”,指以不可辯駁的事實(shí)或不容置疑的陳述證實(shí)某事的真實(shí)性、準(zhǔn)確性、正確性以及有效程度，引申可表示為“認(rèn)可”“堅(jiān)定”。
2.confirm是及物動(dòng)詞,其主語多為人,賓語可以是名詞、代詞或that從句,也可接以as短語充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語。
(1)S+～+ n./pron.
The agency confirmed the contract.
經(jīng)銷處批準(zhǔn)了合同。
The news confirmed my resolution.
這消息堅(jiān)定了我的決心。
(2)S+～+that-clause
The announcement confirmed that the election would take place on June 20th.
公告證實(shí)選舉將在6月20日舉行。
It is confirmed by experience that this is the right approach to the command of grammar.
經(jīng)驗(yàn)證明這是掌握語法的正確途徑。
(3)S+～+ n./pron. +as n.
He was confirmed posthumously as a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
他被追認(rèn)為中國(guó)共產(chǎn)黨黨員。