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Circumstantial Evidence Word Refers Specific Details Circumstances Someone's

英语单词 circumstantial
英美音标 英 [ˌsɜːkəm'stænʃl] 美 [ˌsɜːrkəm'stænʃl]
中文释义 adj.依情况而定的;详细的
英语例句 (1) You can't convict him merely on circumstantial evidence.
(2) We should point out that the evidence is purely circumstantial .
(3) We must admit that the overwhelming volume of indisputable circumstantial evidence far outweighed the presumption of innocence.
中文例句 (1) 你不能仅凭间接证据判他有罪。
(2) 我们应该指出,证据完全是依情况而定的。
(3) 我们必须承认,大量无可辩驳的详尽的证据远远压倒了关于清白的假设。
vocabulary简明 Circumstantial is a word that refers to specific details about something: in other words, about circumstances. Circumstantial evidence might implicate someone's guilt, but it certainly doesn't prove them guilty.
vocabulary扩展 The word circumstances refers to the facts of your life: everyone has different circumstances. So the word circumstantial refers to the specific details of some situation. This word is most often heard in the term circumstantial evidence, which you may have heard on a TV crime or trial program. Circumstantial evidence might lead a detective to suspect someone's guilt, but eyewitness testimony may be needed to convince the jury.
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ 形容词](证据)间接的;佐证的 Circumstantial evidence is evidence that makes it seem likely that something happened, but does not prove it.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Fast work by the police in Birmingham had started producing circumstantial evidence.

    快速开展工作的伯明翰警方已经开始发现间接证据。

2
[ADJ 形容词]视情况而定的;与特定情况有关的 Something that is circumstantial is related to a particular circumstance.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • The reasons for the project collapsing were circumstantial.

    工程垮掉系环境所迫。

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