| 单词 | to prove out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto prove out to prove out Originally U.S. extracted from provev. transitive. To establish (something) as successful or workable; (also) to test (a system or process) exhaustively. Also intransitive: to be established as successful or workable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > test [verb (intransitive)] > undergo test > with specific result > be confirmed by testing to prove out1959 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > try or test [verb (transitive)] > exhaustively to prove out1964 1905 Federal Reporter 135 994 He said that he had ‘sold the coal, provided the test well proved out satisfactory.’ 1959 Wall St. Jrnl. 13 May 14/2 Fishermen are pondering the commercial possibilities of pollock... If pollock proves out, the trawlers could stay closer to U.S. shores. 1964 D. F. Galouye Counterfeit World xii. 98 Of all the metaphysical concepts..mine was the only one open to final verification. It could be proved out conclusively. 1972 Daily Tel. 10 Nov. (Colour Suppl.) 10/1 A duration of 50 to 60 hours was required really to prove out the plane. 1993 Sci. Amer. Sept. 16/3 There are lots of valuable things out there... I'm optimistic some of them will prove out. 2000 M. de Villiers Water (new ed.) iv. xvi. 277 The science proves out. The specific gravity difference..is enough to keep us on the surface. < as lemmas |
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