approbation

noun
🔊/ˌæprəˈbeɪʃn/
🔊/ˌæprəˈbeɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. approval or agreement认可;批准
    • a shout of approbation一声称赞
    • The King received the official approbation of the church.国王得到了教堂的正式认可。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin approbatio(n-), from the verb approbare, from ad- ‘to’ + probare ‘try, test’ (from probus ‘good’).