corroborate

英 [kəˈrɒbəreɪt]

美 [kəˈrɑːbəreɪt]

v.  证实，确证(陈述、理论等)

过去分词：corroborated　第三人称单数：corroborates　现在分词：corroborating　过去式：corroborated　复数：corroborates　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.18926 / COCA.11342

牛津词典

verb

• 证实，确证（陈述、理论等）
  to provide evidence or information that supports a statement, theory, etc.
  1. The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses.
     此证据由两名独立证人提供。
  2. corroborating evidence
     确凿的证据

柯林斯词典

• VERB 证实;确证
  Tocorroboratesomething that has been said or reported means to provide evidence or information that supports it.
  1. 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。
  2. Alice corroborated what Blair had said.
     艾丽斯证实了布莱尔所说的。

英英释义

verb

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  1. his story confirmed my doubts
  2. The evidence supports the defendant
  Synonym:confirmsustainsubstantiatesupportaffirm
• give evidence for
  Synonym:validate
• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
  1. The stories and claims were born out by the evidence
  Synonym:underpinbear outsupport

双语例句

• We try to corroborate your story.
  我们得求证你说的话。
• Upon checking your statement, it has been impossible to corroborate the facts.
  经审查，你所申诉的事实不能得到证实。
• Mr Autor says that more recent data corroborate these trends.
  奥特先生表示最近的数据也符合这些趋势。
• The onus is on the applicant to corroborate the authenticity of any evidence supplied in support of the application.
  申请人有责任保证支持申请的任何证明的可靠性。
• Further eidence will be necessary to corroborate and reproduce these effects with diagnostic head-up tilt table testing.
  需要进行更多的研究以确证和再现直立倾斜试验的诊断价值。
• However, this is just speculation and it is impossible to corroborate these theories at the present time.
  然而，这只是一种推测，在那时证实这些理论是不可能的。
• We are interested in the congruences between the two, where the Campus Center can, through its multiple program, initiate and corroborate the wider objectives the institute wishes to address.
  我们感兴趣的是两者之间的同余，在校园里，可以通过它的多种方案，开展更广泛的目标，并证实了该研究所希望解决。
• But large, long-term studies have mostly failed to corroborate initial signs of the cancer-fighting powers of produce.
  然而各种长期的大型研究，大多无法证实蔬果有丝毫的抗癌功效。
• Nato published satellite images that appeared to corroborate this.
  北约公布了似乎证实该说法的卫星图像。
• Would she be willing to corroborate your story?
  她会帮你一起编故事吗？