ratify
美音:
[´rætə´faı
]英音:
[´rætə´faı
]vt.批准,认可
难易程度:
ratify为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:ratifier 动词过去式:ratified 过去分词:ratified 现在分词:ratifying 第三人称单数:ratifies
词根
rat,ratio=to reckon(推定),reason(理由;理性)
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ratify
/'rætɪfaɪ; `rætə,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied) [Tn] make (an agreement, a treaty, etc) officially valid, usu by signing it 使(协议、条约等)正式生效(通常为经签署); 正式批准.
ratify
v past tense and past participleratifiedpresent participleratifyingthird person singularratifies [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: ratifier, from Medieval Latin ratificare, from Latin ratus; RATE1]
to make a written agreement official by signing it
ratify a treaty/an agreement/a decision etc
We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.
>ratification [,rætɪfɪ'keɪʃən/