Word familynounconfirmationconfirmandconfirmatorconfirmeeconfirmerconfirmingconfirmoradjectiveconfirmed ≠ unconfirmedconfirmableconfirmativeconfirmatoryverbconfirm
confirmation that• The political Greens took it as confirmation thatindustrial society was indeed not sustainable.• McCarthy supplied the first confirmation that the hostages are still alive.• Graham looked towards Laidlaw for confirmation that it was Barak.• Hearing confirmation that a trustedemployee had indeed turned thief, she had gripped the chair-arms in white knuckledrage.• There has been no official confirmation that the documents are genuine, although sourcessuggest that they are.• The Warranties generally require confirmation that a state of affairsexist at a certain date, eg Completion.• Seekconfirmation that the other party understands your meaning.• It was confirmation that I was on the right road-at last.• All this contest provided was confirmation that this team is nowhere near what it claimed to be, and fadingfast.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONFIRMATION | CONFIRMATION + VERB | CONFIRMATION + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤additional, further進一步確認◇Practically every new piece of documentary evidence provides additional confirmation that the charges are true.實際上,每一份新的證明文件都進一步證實這些指控屬實。➤independent獨立的證明▸➤direct直接確認▸➤final最終的確認▸➤email, verbal, visual, written電子郵件確認;口頭確認;親眼證實;書面確認▸➤judicial, official司法的/官方的確認➤experimental, laboratory (bothtechnical術語) 實驗/實驗室的證據◇Our data provide experimental confirmation of these predictions.我們的數據在實驗方面證實了這些推測。VERB + CONFIRMATION➤ask for要求確認▸➤need, require需要/要求證實▸➤seek尋找證據◇The police are seeking independent confirmation of certain details of the story.警方正在尋找案件某些細節的獨立證據。➤await, wait for等待確認▸➤get, have, obtain, receive獲得批准;得到確認▸➤give sb, provide (sb with)給某人確認;(給某人)提供證明書CONFIRMATION + VERB➤come確認下來◇Written confirmation came three days later.3 天後獲得了書面確認。CONFIRMATION + NOUN➤hearing (NAmE) 批准任命的聽證會PREPOSITION➤in confirmation作為確認◇She nodded in confirmation.她點點頭表示認可。PHRASES➤confirmation in writing (BrE) 書面確認◇We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.給你們發送訂購的貨物之前,我們需要書面確認。➤subject to confirmation有待確認