After Senate approval of his treaty with Lord Ashburton, Webster decided that he could be of no more real use to the administration.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

In other words, yeah, I still like it or don't like it, - but my liking has nothing to do either with desire or with approval-- moral, political, or however the case may be.

换句话说就是，没错，我还是喜欢它或者不喜欢它，但是这与我的主观意志无关-,不管是什么认同，道德，还是政治，与一切都无关。

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Last week the Senate voted final approval with the aid of three Republican senators.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

Tall,beautiful and fair, his appearance was met with a sound of approval and tension.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

In everyday speech, a green light means approval to continue with a project.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

And it urged approval of a new law dealing with runaway slaves.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

The former president went with the approval of the Obama administration.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

That barrier across the center of Europe was built and maintained with Kremlin approval.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

While Chirac left the presidency with dismal approval ratings, his popularity has since soared.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

Mr.Obama began his term with soaring approval ratings in public opinion polls.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Barack Obama entered the presidency with strong public approval ratings.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

Republicans also bitterly oppose the Democrat's plan to avoid Republican obstruction in a later Senate vote on the modified package with a process that would allow approval with a simple majority of 51 votes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

And it comes after a recent U.N.Security Council vote to impose another round of sanctions against Tehran for its nuclear program and the U.S.Congress's approval of harsher unilateral sanctions against nations that supply Tehran with gasoline.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29