| 单词 | prove |
| 释义 | prove verbadverb | verb + prove | preposition | phrases adverb➤conclusively, definitively有说服力的证明；明确证实◆all this proves conclusively that she couldn't have known the truth.这一切无可置疑地证明她不可能知道真相。➤scientifically科学地证明◆this theory cannot be proved scientifically.不能用科学的方法证明这个理论。➤just, only恰恰证明◆their reaction just proves my point.他们的反应恰恰证实了我的观点。➤otherwise证明不是这样◆the deaths are being treated as suspicious until we can prove otherwise.在我们可以证明情况不是如此之前，死亡原因存疑。verb + prove➤be difficult to, be impossible to难以证实；不可能证明▸➤be easy to容易证实▸➤be able to能够证明▸➤try to试图证明◆what are you trying to prove?你想证实什么？➤be determined to决心证实▸➤have sth to有⋯需要证实◆i certainly don't have anything to prove－my record speaks for itself.我当然没有什么需要证实的 － 我的记录说明了一切。preposition➤to向⋯证明◆he tried to prove his theory to his friends.他想方设法向朋友证实自己的理论。phrases➤a chance to prove sth证明⋯的机会▸➤prove sb right, prove sb wrong证明某人是正确的／错误的◆i was determined to prove my critics wrong.我决心证明批评我的人是错误的。prove(proved, proved or proved, proven, especially in name ) [transitive] to use facts or evidence to show that sth is true（用事实或证据）证明，证实◆this proves (that) i was right.这证明我是对的。◆she was determined to prove everyone wrong.她决心要证明大家都错了。◆they hope this new evidence will prove her innocence.他们希望这一新证据将证明她无罪。◆'i know you're lying.' 'prove it!'“我知道你在撒谎。”“拿出证据来！”◆he felt he needed to prove his point (= show other people that he was right).他觉得有必要证明自己的看法是对的。◆are you just doing this to prove a point?你这么做就是为了证明自己对吗？opp disprove → disprove ➡ see also proof → evidence , proven → final adj. note 辨析 show or prove? prove is often preferred to show to give a stronger sense of justice being done.表达较强的公正感时，常用 prove 而不用 show。prove/pru:v ||; pruv/verb (past participle proved (us 美) proven) 1. [t] prove sth (to sb) to use facts and evidence to show that sth is true 证明；证实: ◇it will be difficult to prove that she was lying. 要证明她在说谎会很困难。◇she tried to prove her innocence to the court. 她试图向法庭证明自己无罪。◇he felt he needed to prove a point (= show other people that he was right). 他觉得自己有必要向别人证明自己是对的。 ☞noun proof 名词为proof 2. linking verb to show a particular quality over a period of time （一段时间内）显示某种特性，证明是，原来是: ◇the job proved more difficult than we'd expected. 这份工作证明比我们预期的要难。 3. [t] prove yourself (to sb) to show other people how good you are at doing sth and/or that you are capable of doing sth 显示自己能干或有能力: ◇he constantly feels that he has to prove himself to others. 他经常觉得自己非向别人露一手不可。 prove1 to show that something is correct or true2 to prove that something is wrong, untrue, or does not exist3 something that proves something is truerelated wordssee alsotrue,untrue,right,wrong,1. to show that something is correct or true 展示某事是正确或真实的 prove /pruːv/ [transitive verb] to show that something is definitely true, by providing facts or information 证明，证实 we're sure jason took the money, but we can't prove it. 我们肯定贾森拿走了钱，但无法证实。 until there is evidence to prove any of these claims, we cannot pass judgement. 除非有证据来证实这些主张，否则我们不能作出判决。prove that can you prove that you were at home at the time of the attack? 你能否证明袭击案发生时你在家? he wanted to prove that he was just as clever as his sister. 他想要证明自己就是与妹妹一样聪明。prove somebody wrong/innocent/guilty i would love to prove him wrong. 我很想证明他错了。prove something to somebody i'm telling the truth, and i can prove it to you. 我说的是实说，我可以证明给你看。prove where/how etc don't trust anyone who turns up at your door, unless they can prove who they are. 别相信出现在你家门口的人，除非他们能证明自己的身份。prove something conclusively/beyond doubt his guilt has never been conclusively proven. 他的罪行从未被确实证明。 show /ʃəʊ/ [transitive verb] if facts or actions show that something is true, they prove that it is true ［事实或行动］表明；显示 the prime minister's comments show his ignorance of people's feelings. 首相的话表明他对民意一无所知。show (that) research shows that smiling increases the levels of hormones that promote good health. 研究表明，微笑能提高促进健康的激素水平。show where/how etc these figures show how serious the company's problems are. 这些数据表明该公司问题的严重性。show something/somebody to be something a scientific theory is only ‘true’ until someone shows it to be false or inaccurate. 一个科学理论仅仅在某人证明它错误或不精确以前才算是“正确的”。 demonstrate /ˈdemənstreɪt/ [transitive verb] to do something or provide information which makes it very clear to people that something is true 证明 the studies demonstrate a clear link between smoking and heart disease. 研究证明吸烟与心脏病的明确关连。demonstrate (that) the president is anxious to demonstrate that he has a strong foreign policy. 总统急于证明他的外交政策很强硬。demonstrate where/how etc try to round off your answer by demonstrating how your old job has prepared you to do the job you are applying for. 尽量以证明前一份工作如何为现在申请的工作作好准备来结束回答。 confirm /kənˈfɜːʳm/ [transitive verb] if a piece of new information confirms an idea or belief that people already have, it shows that it is definitely true 证实 police have found new evidence that confirms his story. 警方已发现新的证据来证实他说的话。confirm that the discovery seems to confirm that people lived here over 10,000 years ago. 此次发现似乎证实，一万多年前此地就有人居住。confirm somebody's worst fears prove that something is as bad as someone thought it was 证实某人最害怕的事 in july his worst fears were confirmed: he had cancer. 7月，他最害怕的事得到证实：他患上了癌症。 support /səˈpɔːʳt/ [transitive verb not in progressive] support a theory/claim/notion/ view etc to help to prove that a belief, idea etc is probably true 支持一个理论/主张/见解/观点等 do you have any evidence to support these claims? 你有证据来支持这些主张吗? the notion that women are worse drivers than men is simply not supported by the facts. 女性的驾驶水平低于男性的说法完全没有事实依据。 for twenty-five years he painstakingly amassed evidence to support his hypothesis. 25年来，他不辞辛劳地收集了大量证据来支持他的假说。 back up /ˌbæk ˈʌp/ [transitive phrasal verb not in progressive] to provide additional information to help prove that a statement, belief, or explanation is correct ［提供额外的资料］支持；证明［陈述、信仰或解释］ back up something when you write a history essay, you should back up all your points with facts. 写历史文章时，你应该用史实来证明你所有的论点。back something/it/them up they claim they can give us the best deal, but can they back this up with guarantees? 他们声称能给予我们最优惠的价钱，但他们能否以保证书来证明这一点呢？ wright was accused of pretending to be injured, and this was backed up by video evidence. 赖特被指责假装受伤，这有录像为证。 bear out /ˌbeər ˈaʊt/ [transitive phrasal verb not usually in progressive] if facts or information bear out a claim or opinion, they support it and help to prove that it is probably true ［事实或信息］证实，支持［主张或意见］ bear out something most of the available evidence bears out the view that students learn better in small classes than in large classes. 大多数现有的证据证实了小班上课的教学效果要比大班上课好的看法。 my warnings about jean-paul were later borne out by his dishonesty. 让·保罗不诚实的行为证实了我先前的警告是正确的。bear somebody out prove what someone has said is true 证实某人说的话 last summer i predicted an increase in terrorist violence, and recent events have borne me out. 去年夏天我曾预言暴力恐怖事件会增加，近来发生的事证明我是对的。 substantiate /səbˈstænʃieɪt/ [transitive verb not in progressive] formal to provide additional information that helps to prove that a statement is correct, especially if the statement is difficult to believe 【正式】证实［尤指难以置信的陈述］ substantiate a claim/an allegation the authorities claimed they were conspiring to overthrow the government, but offered no evidence to substantiate these claims. 当局称他们在密谋推翻政府，但未能提供证据证明这些说法。 allegations made by prisoners are usually only considered when substantiated by the evidence of a prison officer. 囚犯的指控通常只有在经监狱官证实的情况下才会被考虑。 validate /ˈvælɪdeɪt, ˈvælədeɪt/ [transitive verb not in progressive] formal to prove that information or results are correct by using scientific tests or very careful checking - used in scientific or technical contexts 【正式】证实，确证［用于科学性或技术性文章中］ all the information used in this report has been validated by an independent panel of experts. 这份报告中使用的所有资料都已经过一个独立专家小组确证。 this is an interesting hypothesis, but all attempts to validate it have so far failed. 这是一个有趣的假设，但到目前为止，所有要证明它的努力均告失败。 corroborate /kəˈrɒbəreɪtǁkəˈrɑː-/ [transitive verb not in progressive] formal to provide additional information which supports or agrees with something that most people already accept as true - used in scientific and legal contexts 【正式】证实［已为大多数人接受的事实，用于科学性及法律文章中］ levine claims that a third car was involved in the accident and witnesses have corroborated this. 莱文声称事故涉及第三辆车，目击者已证实了这一点。 professor carling's findings have been corroborated by more recent research. 卡林教授的发现已被近来更多的研究工作所证实。corroborate a story there was no one to corroborate her story about the disturbance in the lounge. 她说有人在休息室打架，但无人能够证实。corroborating evidence no doctor would order surgery on the basis of a single test result, without corroborating clinical evidence. 仅凭一次化验结果而没有临床证据，没有一个医生会要求进行手术。2. to prove that something is wrong, untrue, or does not exist 证明某事是错误的、不真实的或不存在 disprove /dɪsˈpruːv/ [transitive verb] to prove that something is wrong or not true 证明…不正确；驳倒 she was able to produce figures that disproved smith's argument. 她能够提出数字驳倒史密斯的论据。 the existence of god is a question of faith, and therefore impossible to prove or disprove. 上帝是否存在是信仰问题，因此，不可能被证实或驳倒。 refute /rɪˈfjuːt/ [transitive verb] formal to prove that what someone has said is not true 【正式】驳倒；反驳；驳斥 i knew that he was lying but i had no evidence with which to refute his story. 我知道他在撒谎，但我没有证据来驳斥他的谎言。 the accusation has been wholly refuted by an in-depth analysis of the evidence. 对证据的深入分析完全驳倒了那个指控。 debunk /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/ [transitive verb] to prove that something is not true, especially something that people have believed for a long time, and make it seem silly or unimportant 揭穿［尤指长期的谬误］ in her book she debunks a lot of the claims made by astrologers. 她在书中驳斥了许多占星家的断言。 payton wants to debunk the myth that economics is a science. 佩顿想揭穿经济学是一门科学的神话。 invalidate /ɪnˈvælɪdeɪt, ɪnˈvælədeɪt/ [transitive verb not in progressive] formal if a fact or piece of information invalidates an explanation or idea, it proves that it contains mistakes which make it unlikely to be true - used in scientific contexts 【正式】［事实或信息］使无效；使不能成立［用于科学性的文章中］ none of the more recent views invalidates hahnemann's original discoveries or teachings. 近来更多的观点都未能推翻哈内曼最早的发现和学说。 if we look closely at professor thomson's argument, we see that his conclusion is invalidated by a number of factual errors. 如果我们仔细研究一下汤姆森教授的论据，我们可以发现其中存在许多事实错误，因此他的结论不能成立。 demolish /dɪˈmɒlɪʃǁdɪˈmɑː-/ [transitive verb] to prove that an argument or idea is completely wrong 驳倒 it would not be difficult to demolish a theory that was so obviously a load of rubbish. 驳倒明显是一堆垃圾的理论不是件难事。 there was a time when the response ‘that's a value judgement’ would have demolished any argument in the educational field. 有段时期，一句“那是价值评判”的回答就会驳倒教育界的任何论据。 explode /ɪkˈspləʊd/ [transitive verb] explode a myth/rumour to prove that something that many people think or believe is wrong or not true 打破［推翻］错误的观念/传言等 the report explodes the myth that men are bed-hopping rogues. 那份报告使所谓男人是拈花惹草、用情不专的坏蛋的观念不攻自破。 negative /ˈnegətɪv/ [adjective] a negative result of a medical or chemical test does not show any sign of the condition you are testing for and therefore proves it does not exist in this person or situation ［化验或测试结果］阴性的 all the athletes’ drugs tests were negative. 所有运动员药品测试的结果都是阴性。 a negative pregnancy test 阴性的妊娠化验 the first brain scan proved negative. 第一次脑部扫描显示为阴性。3. something that proves something is true 证明某事是真实的事 proof /pruːf/ [uncountable noun] information or facts that prove that something is true 证据，证明 he was the only person in the room when the money disappeared - what more proof do you want? 钱不见时房间里只有他。你还要什么证据? the police knew she was guilty, but they had no proof. 警方知道她有罪，但没有证据。proof of you can't drink in bars without some proof of your age. 你不证明自己的年龄就不能进酒吧喝酒。proof (that) there is no proof that he did it. 没有证据表明是他干的。conclusive proof something that definitely proves something is true 确凿的证据 it was alleged that he was stealing money from the till, but we never had any conclusive proof. 据称他从钱柜里偷钱，但我们从来没有确切的证据。 evidence /ˈevɪdəns, ˈevədəns/ [uncountable noun] information that helps to prove whether something is true or not 证据 the police did not have enough evidence to charge anybody with the murder. 警方没有足够的证据以谋杀罪的罪名控告任何一个人。evidence that there is some evidence that a small amount of alcohol is good for you. 有证据表明，少量酒精对人有益。evidence of/for evidence of life on other planets 其他行星上存在生命的证明medical/scientific/forensic etc evidence there is no scientific evidence to support this theory. 没有科学证据支持这个理论。evidence to suggest/indicate/show etc something there is strong evidence to suggest that the great barrier reef will have disappeared in 20 years time. 强有力的证据表明，澳大利亚大堡礁将在20年内消失。not a shred of evidence no evidence at all 没丝毫证据 there is not a shred of evidence to support such a theory. 丝毫没有证据支持这一理论。 documentation /ˌdɒkjɑmənˈteɪʃən, -men-ǁˌdɑːk-/ [uncountable noun] official documents that are used to prove that a claim or statement is true or correct 文件证据；文献资料 can you produce documentation to support your claim? 你能提供支持你说法的文件证据吗？ as there is no formal documentation of your business partnership, it has no legal status. 因没有能证明你是生意合伙人的正式文件，故此它不具备合法地位。 living proof /ˌlɪvɪŋ ˈpruːf/ [countable noun] a person, group, or place that proves that something is true or possible 活证据 living proof of the team is living proof of the old saying that it's not whom you play that counts, but when you play them. 常言道“比赛的胜负不在对手是谁而在天时之利”，那支队就是个活证据。 we know that english and french speakers can live together in canada - montreal is living proof of that. 我们都知道，说英语的人和说法语的人在加拿大能共同生活—蒙特利尔就是个活证明。living proof that jordan is living proof that you don't have to conform to the music industry's standards in order to be accepted. 不必遵照音乐界的标准也能被接受，乔丹就是个活证明。 the acid test /ði ˌæsɪd ˈtest/ [singular noun] a way of finding out whether something is as good as people say it is, whether it works, or when it is true 决定性的考验 the acid test of a good leader is the extent to which they select a style to suit the circumstances. 考验一位优秀领导人要看他能否因时制宜。 prove /pruv; pruːv/v proved, proved or proven /`pruvən; ˈpruːvən/ proving 1. [t] to show that something is definitely true 证实，证明:◇they have evidence to prove that she is guilty. 他们有证据证明她有罪。 2. [i,t] if someone or something proves to be useful, successful, correct etc, they show that they are useful etc 证明是，显示出是:◇the competition has proved to be a great success. 结果证明这次比赛是极其成功的。 3. prove yourself to show that you can do something well 证明自己的实力:◇at seventeen years old, she had yet to prove herself as a player. 十七岁的她尚需证明自己作为选手的实力。 ☞ prove |
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