Corroborate
[kə'rɒbəreɪt] or [kə'rɑbəret]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; 'The stories and claims were born out by the evidence'.
手打:梅尔瓦--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen.
(v. t.) To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.
(a.) Corroborated.
錄入:米歇尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Strengthen, confirm, establish, sustain, support.
塞西莉亚校對
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Strengthen, confirm, fortify, support
ANT:Weaken, invalidate, shake, confute, rebut, enfeeble
班森編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to confirm: to make more certain.—adjs. Corrob′orant Corrob′orative tending to confirm.—n. that which corroborates.—ns. Corroborā′tion confirmation; Corrob′orator.—adj. Corrob′oratory corroborative.
校對:罗尼
例句/造句/用法:
- And in this letter you certainly have a very strong piece of evidence to corroborate your view. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Torith took a half step toward the entrance to the pool as though to corroborate my story. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- My dear fellow, said he, it was one of the first solutions which occurred to me, but I was soon able to corroborate the doctor's tale. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The hue and cry going off to the Hulks, and people coming thence to examine the iron, Joe's opinion was corroborated. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Stepney exclaimed; and Lord Hubert, dropping his single eye-glass, corroborated: It's the Sabrina--yes. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Am I already corroborated, Bella? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- His conjecture was corroborated at Glen Tilt (and in the island of Arran). 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- She came next day with a little boy of three years old, and a little girl of two, and he stood entirely corroborated. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The lady's story certainly seems to be corroborated, if it needed corroboration, by every detail which we see before us. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- It was a terrible pause; and terrible to every ear were the corroborating sounds of opening doors and passing footsteps. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Well, it corroborates the young man's story to the extent that the will was drawn up by Jonas Oldacre in his journey yesterday. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
校對:朗达