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

• Security experts said they could not corroborate the authenticity of the claim, but added that some of the data provided by the hacker group as proof was credible.
  安全专家表示，他们无法证实这一说法的真实性，但他们补充称，该黑客组织作为证据提供的一些数据是可信的。
• 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。
• All this would appear to corroborate what investors have long suspected: that Macquarie is ex-growth.
  凡此种种似乎证实了投资者长时间以来的怀疑：麦格理的增长已成为过去时。
• Alice corroborated what Blair had said.
  艾丽斯证实了布莱尔所说的。
• He's going to need someone to corroborate the evidence to the attorney general.
  他需要有人证明证据送给了司法部长。
• In order to corroborate this association, the authors evaluated the number of lung cancers diagnosed in the trial over the whole follow-up period.
  为了证实这种联系，作者对整个后续期试验确诊肺癌的人数进行了估计。
• We try to corroborate your story.
  我们得求证你说的话。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。