Prove
[pruːv] or [pruv]
解释:
(verb.) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; 'The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound'; 'The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture'.
(verb.) prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof.
(verb.) obtain probate of; 'prove a will'.
(verb.) take a trial impression of.
(verb.) be shown or be found to be; 'She proved to be right'; 'The medicine turned out to save her life'; 'She turned up HIV positive'.
黛西手打--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.
(v. t.) To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
(v. t.) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
(v. t.) To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
(v. t.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.
(v. t.) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.
(v. i.) To make trial; to essay.
(v. i.) To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false.
(v. i.) To succeed; to turn out as expected.
校对:苏西
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Demonstrate, show, manifest, confirm, establish, evidence, evince, substantiate, verify, make good.[2]. Try, test, examine, make trial of, put to the test, experiment upon, submit to the test or proof.
v. n. Turn out, be found to be.
校对:莫蒂默
同义词及反义词:
SYN: assay, test, establish, demonstrate, ascertain, argue, show, confirm,examine, substantiate, make_trial_of, verify, ascertain
ANT:Pass, pretermit, misdemonstrate, misindicate, refute, disprove, contradict,disestablish, neutralize
录入:门罗
解释:
v.t. to try by experiment or by a test or standard: to make certain: to try by suffering: to establish or ascertain as truth by argument or other evidence: to demonstrate: to ascertain the genuineness of: to experience or suffer: (math.) to ascertain the correctness of any result.—v.i. to make trial: to turn out: to be shown afterwards.—n. Prov′er.—The exception proves the rule the exception tests the rule proving its general truth.
道格拉斯校对
例句:
- He took pains to prove that he only just tolerated me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- You see all _facts_ go to prove what I say. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- It will decide my career, for if I have any genius, I shall find it out in Rome, and will do something to prove it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I hope we may not prove too much for one another. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The flora of the Galapagos Islands prove d equally distinctive. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Against artillery of the present day the land forts and walls would prove elements of weakness rather than strength. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- His labors, however, were interrupt ed by the death of his assistant Flemming, and by his own illness, which proved fatal in 1846, a few months before the actual discovery of Neptune. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- This was done with effect, as is proved by the Confederate reports. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- If they, too, proved unable to assist me, my resources for the present were at an end, and I might return to town. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- On scrutiny they proved to be French compositions, written in a hand peculiar but compact, and exquisitely clean and clear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- This work proved too hard, his health broke down, and he was compelled to give up the position. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- DEAR SIR, I am glad the little book[23] proved acceptable. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- This proving a failure, he, in 1830, turned his attention to the improvement of rubber goods. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- It is impossible that I should escape this proving through the accident of a message. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Now if one half of the people is bent upon proving how wicked a man is and the other half is determined to show how good he is, neither half will think very much about the nation. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Now, the very grossness of this flattery put Bella upon proving that she actually did please in spite of herself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- An interest in discovery took the place of an interest in systematizing and proving received beliefs. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Fortunately he recovered, and in time went back to the work which was proving so invaluable for the world of science. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- I am afraid that proves you are already caught. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- This proves that he can leave the Churchills. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- That proves you must have been an honest and faithful servant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- The absurdity of the two last suppositions proves sufficiently the veracity of the firSt. Nor is there any fourth opinion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- This connexion or constant conjunction sufficiently proves the one part to be the cause of the other. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- I admit that the mark of the paint proves the nightgown to have made the smear on Rachel's door. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The Wilmington expedition has proven a gross and culpable failure. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- It trebled the output of grain, and the welfare of the people has proven largely dependent on their food supply. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Nay, it is common and proven knowledge with _Gitanos_. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Second--To devise an electric lamp that would give about the same amount of light as a gas jet, which custom had proven to be a suitable and useful unit. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Even if the canal had proven a success, so far as to be navigable for steamers, it could not have been of much advantage to us. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- It has been proven conclusively that they can not worship together around the grave of the Saviour of the World in peace. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
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