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Approbation is praise or a yes that feels official — the nod of a committee, a school, a church, or someone whose opinion counts on paper. It is not a casual nice job. You might read that a plan won the board's approbation, or that a writer wanted the public's approbation. Everyday English almost always uses approval instead. Approbation sounds older and stiffer; you will see it in formal writing more than you will hear it in the street. Though actually, under the fancy coat it is still the same human thing: someone in a position to judge has said yes, and often said it with respect.
認可、嘉許（正式）
組成From late Middle English approbacioun, from Old French approbacion, from Latin approbatio, from ad "to" + probare "to approve, to show to be good", from probus "good". By the look of the English word: approbate + -ion.
同家族的字
- approvesame Latin ad + probare
- approvalthe everyday noun with the same idea
- disapprobationthe opposite: official blame or dislike
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
approbationnoun/ˌæp.ɹəʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/
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The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
- I am very sensible how much nobler it is to place the reward of virtue in the silent approbation of one's own breast
- As a counsellor she was not wanted; but as an approver, (a much safer character,) she was truly welcome. Her approbation, at once general and minute, warm and incessant, could not but please; and for another half-hour they were all walking to and fro, between the different rooms, some suggesting, some attending, and all in happy enjoyment of the future.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。