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Ratify Latin Rætifai V 批准(协定等 英 V.批准(协定等)(Appr Ove

单词 ratify
音标 ['rætifai]
解释 v. 批准(协定等)
红宝书 【英】 v.批准(协定等)(appr ove formally; confirm; verify)
字源 ratify (v.)
mid-14c., from Old French ratifier (13c.), from Medieval Latin ratificare "confirm, approve," literally "fix by reckoning," from Latin ratus "fixed by calculation; determined; approved; certain, sure; valid" (past participle adjective from reri "to reckon, think;" see reason (v.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Related: Ratified; ratifying.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】rate等级 + ify

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