| 单词 | circumstantial evidence |
| 释义 | > as lemmascircumstantial evidence a. Of, relating to, or dependent on circumstances. circumstantial evidence: indirect evidence inferred from circumstances which afford a certain presumption, or appear explainable only on one hypothesis; so the lie circumstantial (Shakespeare): a contradiction given indirectly by circumstances or details. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [adjective] circumstant1583 circumstanceda1616 circumstantiala1616 circumstantionable1647 circumstantive1866 situational1867 situationist1926 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > supported by circumstances presumptive1561 circumstantiala1616 moral1637 presumptuousa1639 circumstantiated1654 circumstanced1861 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > evidence given, testimony > based on probability or circumstances likelinessc1450 likelihood1541 presumption1592 circumstantial evidence1736 presumptive evidence1766 indirect evidence1824 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 79 The counter-checke quarrelsome: and so to lye circumstantiall, and the lye direct… I durst go no further then the lye circumstantial. 1616 S. S. Honest Lawyer sig. I4v In case of Murder, should we never iudge By circumstanciall likelihoods and presumptions, No life could be secure. 1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. 203 Representing God as..provoked by every little circumstantial mistake. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 272 To determine with Exactness the Weight of circumstantial Evidence. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will i. v. 30 There is a circumstantial Difference between the moral Agency of a Ruler and a Subject..arising from the Difference of Circumstances. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §6. 21 We find the words of our Lord..repeated by the different Evangelists with circumstantial variations. 1862 R. W. Emerson in H. D. Thoreau Excursions (1863) 31 Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. < as lemmas |
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