下列兩句的意思有否分別？

approve the loan, approve the budget, approve the proposal, etc.
approve = 批准

It is weird to say "approve the policy".

approve of the policy = 讚同、讚成、認同, etc.


2012-08-30 01:14:42 補充：
上述例句是否應該加of 才合理

Surely, it should be approve of the policy.

garlic2010

但yahoo字典話 approve 的及物和不及物都可以解作讚同，而且有例句：The professor does not approve the government's foreign policy.

你話 It is weird to say "approve the policy"，那麼上述例句是否應該加of 才合理？

Approve of the policy=of the policy can be given to the idea of possession,can function as possessive adj=the policy of.....emphasis something can be added.
I do not approve=(accept,agree to) the policy.

這兩句是沒有分別的~