approve
英検2級承認する(approve of)
意味
- 〈事〉をよいと認める,に賛成する
- (正式に)…を認可する,承認する
- 《approve of+名(doing)》(…を)承認する,賛成する
例文
He nodded to show that he approved of my plan.
彼は私の計画に賛成したということを表すためにうなずいた。
His foolish proposal was approved unanimously.
彼のばかげた提案が満場一致で承認された。
Some people don't approve of professional baseball.
中にはプロ野球に賛成でない人もいる。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English aproven, appreoven, appreven, apreven, borrowed from Old French aprover, approver, approuvir, appreuver (“to approve”), from Latin approbō, from ad + probō (“to esteem as good, approve, prove”). Doublet of approbate. By surface analysis, ad- + prove.
辞書順で近い単語
appropriately appropriation approval approvingly approximate approximately