English Dictionary

approve

/əˈpɹuːv/

verb

(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. / (transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.

The committee will approve the budget for next year.

意味（1）

(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.

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.

意味（2）

(transitive) 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.

意味（3）

(transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

He had approved himself a great warrior.

意味（4）

(intransitive, followed by "of") 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.

意味（5）

(archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.

The first care and concern must be to approve himself to God.