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corroborate v.确证；证实 (1) 无任何东西可以确证你的话。(2) 而某些观察所得似乎也佐证了这种想法。(3) 实验证实了她的预言。(4) 他的朋友证实了他的犯罪。 For example, a witness in court corroborates the testimony of others, and further experimentation can corroborate a scientific theory. Near synonyms are substantiate and confirm. Corroborate, originally meaning "to support or strengthen," was borrowed from Latin corrōborāre, formed from the prefix cor- "completely" plus rōborāre "to strengthen" (from rōbur "strength").

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英 [kə'rɒbəreɪt] 美 [kə'rɑːbəreɪt] (1) There's nothing to corroborate your story.(2) Some observations do seem to corroborate the idea.(3) Experiments have corroborated her predictions.(4) His friend corroborated his guilt. To corroborate is to back someone else’s story. If you swear to your teacher that you didn't throw the spitball, and your friends corroborate your story by promising that you were concentrating on math homework, she might actually believe you. 1[VERB 动词]证实；确证 To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story...我能够查阅证实这一说法的大量文件。Alice corroborated what Blair had said.艾丽斯证实了布莱尔所说的。corroborationHe could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident.他找不到一个证人能够为他对该事故的说法提供独立的佐证。

英语单词	corroborate
英美音标	英 [kə'rɒbəreɪt] 美 [kə'rɑːbəreɪt]
中文释义	v.确证；证实
英语例句	(1) There's nothing to corroborate your story. (2) Some observations do seem to corroborate the idea. (3) Experiments have corroborated her predictions. (4) His friend corroborated his guilt.
中文例句	(1) 无任何东西可以确证你的话。 (2) 而某些观察所得似乎也佐证了这种想法。 (3) 实验证实了她的预言。 (4) 他的朋友证实了他的犯罪。
vocabulary简明	To corroborate is to back someone else’s story. If you swear to your teacher that you didn't throw the spitball, and your friends corroborate your story by promising that you were concentrating on math homework, she might actually believe you.
vocabulary扩展	For example, a witness in court corroborates the testimony of others, and further experimentation can corroborate a scientific theory. Near synonyms are substantiate and confirm. Corroborate, originally meaning "to support or strengthen," was borrowed from Latin corrōborāre, formed from the prefix cor- "completely" plus rōborāre "to strengthen" (from rōbur "strength").
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]证实；确证 To corroborate something that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] I had access to a wide range of documents which corroborated the story... 我能够查阅证实这一说法的大量文件。 Alice corroborated what Blair had said. 艾丽斯证实了布莱尔所说的。 corroboration He could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident. 他找不到一个证人能够为他对该事故的说法提供独立的佐证。

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