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

• Alice corroborated what Blair had said.
  艾丽斯证实了布莱尔所说的。
• If you're going to be my witness, your story must corroborate my story.
  如果你充当我的人证，你的陈述一定要证实我说的话。
• As a result, many investors say, ratings in structured finance are hard to corroborate independently.
  结果，许多投资者表示，对结构融资的评级很难独立验证。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have attempted as best I can to corroborate the stories I was told and to match them with publicly reported evens.
  我也尽我所能将所听到的故事同公开报导的事件进行印证。
• 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。
• Officials say they are trying to corroborate information they received that one or more attackers might have entered the United States in the past few days to carry out attacks.
  官员说，他们在努力确认他们所收到的消息，消息指有一名或更多的袭击者可能在过去几天入境美国执行袭击。
• 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。