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| /əˈpruːvl/ |
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| 1 | a positive feeling that you have towards someone or something that you consider to be good or suitable 赞成；赞许 |
| The children longed for a sign of affection or approval from him. 孩子们渴望他能有慈爱或赞许的表示。 |
| Her ideas on the family are often quoted with approval by Mr Bush. 她在家庭方面的观点经常被布什先生赞同地引用。 |
| meet with sb’ s approval (=be approved of by someone) Most of his girlfriends failed to meet with his father’ s approval. 得到某人的赞许；得到某人的认可 |
| a nodsmilemurmur of approval A murmur of approval ran through the crowd. 人群中发出一阵轻轻的赞许声。 |
| sb’ s approval rating (=a measure of people’ s approval of a political leader) By July, the Prime Minister’ s approval rating had risen to over 60 per cent. 某人的支持率 |
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| 2 | official agreement or permission , given by someone in authority 批准；核准；认可 |
| We sent the design to the planning department for approval. 我们把设计稿送到计划部审批。 |
| give/grant (your) approval The scheme has yet to be given government approval. 这项计划还没有得到政府的批准。 |
| The board has finally given its approval to the loan. 董事会最终批准了这项贷款。 |
| subject to sb’ s approval (=needing to be approved by them) Any recommendations are subject to the approval of shareholders. 需得到某人的批准 |
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| - | on approval
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| if you buy something on approval , you can send it back within a particular time if you are not satisfied with it |
| （商品）包退，不满意可退货 |
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