affirmation
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 肯定，断言，证实
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←古法语 afermacion
- 源自 ←拉丁语 affirmare “to assert”
原始词根
原始印欧语 *dʰer-
词源说明
From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
- (law) A solemn pledge (to tell the truth, to bear allegiance, etc.), legally equivalent to an oath, taken by people who are forbidden to take a religious oath (such as Quakers) or otherwise prefer not to do so.
- A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion