rubber-stamp
verb🔊/ˌrʌbə ˈstæmp/
🔊/ˌrʌbər ˈstæmp/
(often disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rubber-stamp | 🔊/ˌrʌbə ˈstæmp/ 🔊/ˌrʌbər ˈstæmp/ |
| he / she / it rubber-stamps | 🔊/ˌrʌbə ˈstæmps/ 🔊/ˌrʌbər ˈstæmps/ |
| past simple rubber-stamped | 🔊/ˌrʌbə ˈstæmpt/ 🔊/ˌrʌbər ˈstæmpt/ |
| past participle rubber-stamped | 🔊/ˌrʌbə ˈstæmpt/ 🔊/ˌrʌbər ˈstæmpt/ |
| -ing form rubber-stamping | 🔊/ˌrʌbə ˈstæmpɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌrʌbər ˈstæmpɪŋ/ |
- rubber-stamp something
to give official approval to a law, plan, decision, etc., especially without considering it carefully （机械式）盖公章；（未经慎重考虑而）正式通过 The council just rubber-stamps decisions made by a higher authority. 该委员会只是盖章，由上级机构做出。